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ARCH 249 EXAM 1
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Architecture
Undergraduate 1
02/15/2017

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White temple

Uruk, Mesopotamia

Sumerian Period

Dedicated to the sky-god anu

Sundried mudbrick, timber

Walls lean inward (battered) for support, effect

Raised for religious symbolism

Corners face cardinal directions

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Ziggurat of Ur

Sumerian period

Built by king Ur-Nammu

Built on the white temple

Corners oriented in cardinal directions

Baked brick - waterproof

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Jericho, Israel

Sumerian Period

Sundried brick

Early houses were circular, later were rectangular

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Catal Huyuk, Turkey

Neolithic period

Adobe walls

Travelled across rooftops

Single story houses

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Stonehenge, Ireland

Neolithic Period

Built in 5 stages

Used for ceremonial cremations, ceremonies

Sarsen stone, blue stone from wales used

Concentric circles

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Newgrange, Ireland

Neolithic period

Post and lintel doorway

Corbeling design

Megalithic architecture

"Passage Grave"

Significance to the solstice

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Lascaux Cave, France

Paleolithic

"Hall of the Bulls"

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Gobekli, Turkey

Neolithic

Relief Carvings

Benches inside of the circles

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Mammoth-bone houses, Ukraine

Paleolithic

Made out of bones, animal hides

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Citadel of Sargon II, Khorsabad

Assyrian Period

Lamassu statues at front

Mudbrick for walls

Relief decorations

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Ishtar Gate, Babylon

Built by Ishtar

Reconstructed by Sadam Hussein

Arch entrance

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Persepolis, Persia

Built originally by Xerxes, continued by Artaxerxes

Orthogonal layout

Hypostyle walls

Very square plan

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Funerary Complex of Djoser

Old Kingdom Period

Columns imitate reeds

Ashlar Masonry

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Great Pyramid at Khufu

Old Kingdom

3 separate layers

Each side faces a cardinal direction

 

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Temple complex of Khafre

Old Kingdom

Sphynx had head of human, body of lion

excavated directly from stone of surrounding plateau

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Temple Complex of Hatshepsut

New Kingdom

Architect was Senmut

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Temple of Amun

New Kingdom

Hypostyle style hall

Relief sculptures showing King making offerings to the gods

Aligned East-West

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Temple of Ramses II

New Kingdom

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Palace of Minos

New Palace Period

Central Court, administration areas

Non-axial entrances

Lack of fortification walls

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Palace and Citadel at Tiryns, Greece

Late Helladic/Mycenean period

Megalithic construction

Corbled side entrances, galleries

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Lion Gate and Citadel of Mycenae, Greece

Late Helladic/Mycenaen construction

Megalithic

Ashlar masonry

Functional/defensive purposes

Axial alignment

Relieving triangle in gate

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Treasury of Atreus, Mycenaeus

Late Helladic/Myceneaen

Megalithic construction

ashlar masonry

Corbeling arch and relieving triangle above door

Corbeled dome

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