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Purpose: To summarize some of the broad ideas covered across many cultures in this course
- Stonehenge, fig. 1-9
- Pyramids at Gizeh, figs. 1-26, 1-27
- Parthenon, fig. 2-1
- Great Mosque at Cordoba, fig. 5-7
- Chartres Cathedral, fig. 7-9
- Forbidden City, fig. 18-1
- Teotihuacan, fig. 20-3
- Machu Picchu, fig. 20-17
- Serpent Mound, fig. 20-20
- Great Zimbabwe, fig. 21-6
Their differences are obvious – location, culture, etc. – but what can you say is similar about all of these structures? Were the structures constructed to accommodate religious ideas or rites, project political or military power, mark astrological phenomenon, or a combination of of these purposes? What do the similarities say about ancient cultures and their priorities? What does our modern/contemporary architecture say about our world culture today??
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Architecture
Architecture is an art that makes the environment we live in. It is through this art that
permanent expressions about the values, ideologies, religions, and cultures of different societies
are made. The ancient architecture was designed at dictating how individuals should live, learn
and work. The designers then forced the society to adapt to the prevailing situations and cultures.
They were mainly limited to the concerns of the environment in which they were constructed.
This, therefore, created a similar pattern in the ancient buildings since they were inspired by
similar characteristic in the society like religion, prevailing political ideologies, and military
power.
Some of the ancient structures are Stonehenge, pyramids at Gizeh, Parthenon, and Great
Mosque at Cordoba, Chartres Cathedral, Forbidden City, Teotihuacan, Machu Picch...
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