ARC 1720 Lecture 1: Module 1

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Architecture
• Course: ARC 1720
• Professor: Henderson Phyllis

Document Summary

Fertile crescent: birth place of western civilization , tigris-euphrates valley. Process by which small, kin-based, non literate agricultural villages. Epic of gilgamesh: king of uruk, uruk. Catalhoyuk-area of anatolia-modern turkey: primarily domestic buildings, some open space, no protective wall, places of worship, burials within walls. Hieratic size-worship gure: domestic and other public buildings. Plan of babylon: 3000bce, hammurabi-mid 18th century bce, nebuchadnezzar ii- 7th century bce. The hanging gardens: first known city to have over 200,000 people, ishtar gate-ritual pathways. Glazed brick: pieter brueghel the elder. Sunday, january 10, 2016: saragon ii, khorsabad, rectangular city, demonstration of power of ruler, 7 principal gates. Obelisk-piazza of st. peter: domenico, pope sixtus v. Pyramid: primordial mountain, link to world of afterlife, capstone-pyramidia-seen from afar, most ancient-mastabas, zoser-saqqara-1630 bce. One real entry: pyramids of giza, stepped pyramids-saqqara, meridum-onion pyramid, dashur-bent pyramid, sphinx. Benben stone: uses surrounding mountains, axial alignment. Abu simbel: pharaoh ramessees ii, nubian monuments, power of pharaohs.