material was useful for the construction of buildings and homes‚ and making bricks. The Nile River provided a place to catch food such as birds and fish. It was also a good highway for moving people and goods. #3.) EGYPTIAN HOMES: Rich Egyptians lived in large villas. Middle-class Egyptians‚ lived in 1 to 2 storey houses‚ with at least 3 rooms. Straw pebbles‚ and mud from the Nile River were used to make strong bricks for building. Not all Egyptian homes were elaborately furnished. Rich Egyptians
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Balinese Residential Architecture 2 Balinese Residential Architecture: Balinese architecture has be divided into 6 parts which are the family compound‚ the pavilions‚ the temple courtyard and gates‚ the kul-kul and shrines‚ the palaces and also the water palaces (Wijaya & Granquist‚ 2005‚ p97) . Balinese residential architecture is based on ancient traditional Javanese style combined with Hindu religion and culture. The concept behind this architecture is the openness of space within
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Concrete Block Precast Concrete Stone Masonry Blocks Hollow and solid lightweight concrete blocks/ Cinder blocks Fal – G sand blocks Fly Ash Bricks etc. 2. Interlocking Hollow Core Blocks by Anangpur Building Centre 3. Various inventions by CBRI: Compressed stabilized earth blocks Stabilized Adobe blocks LATO blocks Clay red mud burnt bricks/ tiles 4. Eco block by Dave Jenkins Construction‚ USA 5. Monolithic wall system (POROTHERM/KLIMABLOC) 6. Haener Block – Mortarless Interlocking System
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Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter one: Introduction 1. Introduction………………………………………….4 2. What is Art ………………………………………….5 3. What is Architecture………………………………...5 Chapter Two: Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt 2.1 Ancient Egyptian art……………………………..…....7 2.2 Symbolism…………………………………………….8 2.3 Papyrus………………………………………………...8 2.4 Pottery……………………………………………........8 2.5 Sculpture………………………………………....…....9 2.6 Hieroglyphs………………………………………….11
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use of “sand box” foundations in ancient Egypt. In Structure and significance: thoughts on ancient Egyptian architecture‚ ed. Peter Jánosi‚ pp. 401-406. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Kemp‚ Barry 2000 Soil (including mud-brick architecture). In: Ancient Egyptian materials and technology‚ ed. Ian Shaw‚ and Paul Nicholson‚ pp. 78-103. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Larché‚ François 2007 Nouvelles observations sur les monuments du Moyen et du Nouvel Empire dans la
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rediscovered in the 1920s after excavations at Mohenjo-daro in Sindh near Sukkur‚ and Harappa‚ in west Punjab south of Lahore. The archaelogical site at Harappa was damaged in 1857‚ when engineers constructed the Lahore-Multan railroad and they used bricks from Harappa ruins for track blast.Still the artifacts were never shortened. A small museum houses majority of the artifacts excavated from the site. There is a female and a male skeleton with all its ornaments‚ and potteries around it which depicted
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“We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us” - Winston Churchill. The first question a child asks in first day of school is “why do we study?” Parents will simply explain how studying helps understand life. It also helps understand one another. Most importantly‚ it helps learning other’s achievements that were made in the past to help us develop our own ideas and thoughts. Why do we study history? And why is it so important? Professor David Crabtree‚ professor at Gutenberg College‚ states
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The Amazing Ziggurats The topic of my essay is Ziggurats‚ which were towers made out of mud brick‚ which the brick was separated by reeds to help allow the water to drain1. The word Ziggurat originated from Assyrian‚ which means “high” or “raised up”2‚ this describes Ziggurats perfectly because they were normally seven stories high. Ziggurats ‚most of the time‚ had temples at the top that were built as a place of worship. Ziggurats were founded in Mesopotamia and were significant because they
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The Nile River got its name from the Greek word "Nelios"‚ which means a River Valley. The first few settlers of the Nile River built houses out of the papyrus reed. The house walls were made of straw‚ mud‚ and clay. A year or two later they used clay for building bricks. Using these bricks they were able to build stronger houses. After a while‚ small villages started to appear along the river. These people learned to irrigate and redirect the water
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materials to their advantage? (5.1) They used to the natural formation of the cave surfaces to suggest to the artist of the form depicted. 2. Why does so little remain of Sumerian architecture? (5.2) Since the Sumerians used mud bricks because building stones were not available like they were in Mesopotamia. Nothing remains of the structues except for the 3. How was the function of a ziggurat reflected in its appearance (5.2) The ziggurat included stepping levels‚ dramatic
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