AN ASSIGNMENT ON BUILDING SCIENCE AND ARCHITECTURE (BLD 205) Topic: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF MODES OF CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS OF THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE: BABYLONIANS GREEKS ASSYRIANS EGYPTIANS ROMANS USING RELEVANT SKETCHES AND ILLUSTRATIONS‚ EXPLAIN HOW PEOPLE ACROSS THE CONTINENT OF THE GLOBE USE BUILDING ENVELOPE TO ACHIEVE INTERNAL COMFORT. DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING TECHNOLOGY FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY. APRIL‚ 2012. CONSTRUCTION IN ANCIENT
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other world can find or recognize these objects. Shadow bridges or blocks connect limbs to block‚ solid. Bilateral symmetry Suppresses subjectivity (individual creativity) G+H Khafre‚ 2500 BCE Ka (spirit statue) Designed for the afterlife‚ for their tombs. Not meant to be seen by human eyes Granite – Diorite Khafre‚ c2520-2494 BCE. Ka Spirit statue. rigidity is important since it has a use for after life‚ rather than look as much. Its supposed to be animated despite its immobility. Solidity
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Egypt of the Pharaohs –– Notes from Readings Late Predynastic Naqada: one of the cultures in Nile valley One of the largest known in the Nile Valley during Pre-Dynastic Period Naqadization: Ousted‚ engulfed or incorporated other cultures: culminated in political unification and statehood; cultural unification occurred before political unification Gradual conquest and subjection of more and more extensive areas of Nile Valley until whole of Upper Egypt was under Naqada control Hunting and
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artifacts from both museums. A closer examination reveals such similarities. Among the many artifacts that both collections contain‚ statues of pharaohs are common. Among the statues found in the Egyptian Antiquities Museum one can find the statue of Khafre (Fourth Dynasty)‚ Akhenaten (Eighteenth Dynasty)‚ and Thutmose III (Eighteenth Dynasty). The British Museum holds statues of Sunusret III (Twelfth Dynasty)‚ and Amenhotep III (Eighteenth Dynasty). These statues show a common relic between both museums
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The Golden Ratio By : Kaavya.K In mathematics and the arts‚ two quantities are in the golden ratio if the ratio of the sum of the quantities to the larger quantity is equal to the ratio of the larger quantity to the smaller one. The golden ratio is an irrational mathematical constant‚ approximately 1.6180339887. Other names frequently used for the golden ratio are the golden section and golden mean. Other terms encountered include extreme and mean ratio‚ medial section‚ divine
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Chapter 1 Notes - Prehistoric Period o Paleolithic Period "Old Stone Age"  Old and primitive period  Around 50‚000BC  Artwork consisted of cave paintings  Brutal period  Average life expectancy was about 20 years o Neolithic Period "New Stone Age"  Begins around 9‚000BC  Neolithic Revolution Agriculture o Allows people luxury of staying in one place; stability and performance o Cornerstone of civilization Domestic Architecture
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Geometric period: 900-700 BCE. The earliest form of Greek artistic decoration‚ after the decline of the Minoan and Mycenean cultures‚ is the Geometric period. It is characterized by block form and triangular shapes‚ which represent human forms. Abstract shapes fill the spaces surrounding these figures‚ as in represented in Garner’s “Art through the Ages” page 108 image 5-2‚ Geometric krater form the Dipylon cemetery‚ Athens Greece‚ ca. 740 BCE. As well‚ Bronze statues are simplistic and more
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AP ART HISTORY EXAM STUDY PACKET KEY BARRON’S BOOK PAGE NUMBERS IN RED TEXTBOOK PAGES IN BLUE YEARS IN GREEN WORKS ARE UNDERLINED LOCATIONS ARE ITALICIZED PREHISTORIC ART Paleolithic Venus of Willendorf 68 17 Short‚ fat figure of a woman. It is small and meant to be carried around. Her large stomach and breasts show that she was a symbol of fertility. Lascaux Caves (Dordgone‚ France) 69 21/23 Huge set of cave paintings with many different
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king’s mother or his wife‚ as marriage only took place for political reason. The pharoahs role of being content with god and his‚ “divine right to rule‚”(48) therefore has been ‚”consider a god.” (48) The male in the statue is Menkaure the son of Khafre‚ as he represents the stereotype of man of the house. His straightforward posture and left foot forward signify his power. This position also gives a strict and independent look by the V shaped torso and broad shoulders. The artist depicts Menkaure
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CHAPTERS 1 and 2‚ HUMAN ORIGINS AND EARLY CIVILIZATIONS THE ORIGINS OF HUMANKIND Competing Theories of Evolution and creation: (Theories) OUT OF AFRICA THEORY MULTI -REGIONAL THEORY THE GENESIS MYTH The Theory of Evolution * *Classifies humans as primates * *Explains that a crucial development occurred when the ape family differentiated into tree-dwelling types and ground-dwelling types (hominids) *Development of the Genus “Homo” Hominids: not found in the order they lived
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