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ARCHHTC 236 – Assignment 1 (Annotation #1 –‘An Essay On Architecture’- Marc Antoine Laugier) Marc Antoine Laugiers : An Essay on Architecture (translated and republished in 1977) is an important text that opens with the authors belief that architectural design has and should come only from the necessary requirements of man and not from the need of mere ornamentation, as expressed through his story of mans primitive hut where branches may become a roof, or trunks columns and so on. Early on in

JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY The Age of the Jaguar The Rise and Fall of Teotihuacan April Morton 3/5/2013 An essay on the art, architecture, and the rise and fall of the ancient Mesoamerican city of Teotihuacan   Rising in Mexico around the year 150 of the common-era, an era experts call the ‘Classic’, Teotihuacan was one of the greatest and most powerful centers to rise in the history of the New World. At least 125,000 strong, Teotihuacan stood alongside its peers as a center of culture and

strictly classical than earlier French work: the clear and simple definition of the masses, the straight line of the front (in contrast to the curves of most of the Italian designs and even Le Vau’s first scheme), the severe and almost unbroken entablatures, and the purity of detail in the Order and the mouldings.” Italian Interacted The design of the East Facade of the Louvre

Pantheon and Hagia Sophia Pantheon and Hagia Sophia are two extremely outstanding architectural pieces of their times. They have been built according to the traditions of those particular times. The materials used to built these buildings and the purpose for which they were used are all very important aspects and have been briefly covered in this report. Pantheon The statesman Agrippa built pantheon in 27 B.C. Then it was completely rebuilt by the emperor Hadrian. The Pantheon is remarkable for

There has been many evidences and study about the culture interaction between the American Southwest and Mesoamerica. The phases of growth and decline that Chaco Canyon shares with many other regional centers is called the Chaco’s developmental cycle (Nelson 2006). There are many artifacts or objects that show either the direct or indirect interactions between Chaco Canyon and Mesoamerica; also why people might have chosen to adopt the culture. Every objects have different kinds of interaction and

The Fuller “Flatiron” building was designed by Chicago’s prominent architecture firm Daniel H. Burnham and Company ¬– lead by Daniel H. Burnham. Located in the 22nd and 23rd street of Broadway, Fifth Avenue, New York, the building was originally built to serve as offices for a major Chicago contracting firm, the George A. Fuller Company, hence its initial name. As the building finished construction in 1902, the detailed beaux-arts style skyscraper is immortalised through its unique relationship to

During the rule of Antoninus Plus (c. 138-161 CE), Romans began to favor burials over cremations and the demand for sarcophagi grew rapidly (Kleiner 215). Greek mythology was heavily borrowed upon by the Roman and prominent members of the Roman society wanted to be commemorated in the fashion of Greek heroes. The Romans took the general principles of an Egyptian sarcophagus and added Greek mythology to create a unique piece of Roman art and The Sarcophagus Depicting a Battle between Soldiers and

Most every great culture in history has something for which they are famous. The Mayan civilization has the calendar, the Romans have the Colosseum, and I would like to suggest that the epitome of Greek culture is the Parthenon. It reflects the ideas and religious beliefs of the Greeks and incorporates the architectural brilliance seen first with the Greek people. The frieze, the religious idea behind the building of the temple, and the attention to detail in the Parthenon shows a genius that can

Materials like tile covered concrete quickly supplanted marble as the primary building material and more daring buildings soon followed, with great pillars supporting broad arches and domes rather than dense lines of columns suspending flat architraves. Concrete also inspired the colonnade screen, a row of ornamental columns in front of a load-bearing wall. For smaller buildings, concrete 's strength freed the floor plan from rectangular cells to a more free-flowing environment. Most of these developments

Roman and Greek architecture are very prominent examples of early historic architectural advancements. These cultures left imprints on society, founding future forms of art and architecture through their inspirational elements are artists. These long-lasting cultural elements have created echoes as deep into the future as now, the 21st century. Looking at the Southern Methodist Church in downtown Austin, we see a variety of Greek and Roman architectural elements.  The Southern Methodist Church has