Fichas
Architecture
Fichas del conjunto (52)
- 1—Atrium of the Hosue
- 2—Audience Hall
collumns had carvings of bulls, eagles and lions which were symbols of royalty
- 3—Bascilla of Maxentius and Constantine
The last non-christian building in the roman forum
- 4—Baths of Caracalla
approximatley 1600 people could use the baths at once
- 5—Catal Hoyuk
the roofs of the buildings acted as streets
- 6—Colosseum
"sailors" brought a giant sail over the crowd to protect them from the sun
- 7—Column of Trajan
Trajan's ashes were buried in the base- a great honor to be buried in the city
- 8—Forum of Augustus
- 9—Forum of Caesar
The land was purchased from private owners and cost approximately 100 million sesterces (1 million euros)
- 10—Gobekli Tepe
said to be the worlds first temple
- 11—Great Altar of Zeus
the altar was completely rebuilt using its original traces in a Berlin museum in 1959
- 12—Great Hall (Markets of Trajan)
walls were created thicker towards to bottom and thinner at the top to maintain structure
- 13—Great Ziggurat of King Urnammu
first forms of drains were created to carry water away from the top of the structure
- 14—Stepped Pyramid of Djoser
known as the first pyramid- created by layering mastaba on top of each other
- 15—Ishtar Gate
was excavated and reconstructed being completed in 1930 and is now in berlin's pergamon museum
- 16—Jericho
one of the first known settlements located on the fertile crescents so that grains and grasses could grow naturally
- 17—Lamassu
created with 5 legs so it would look like it has 4 legs from each direction
- 18—Lions Rhinos and Bison
probably depicted what animals are around the area and what to stay away from
- 19—Markets of Trajan
currently homes the Museum of Imperial Forums
- 20—Megaron
known as the largest room in a greek building- often the throne room
- 21—Menhir Alignments at Menec
stones decrease in size from east to west
- 22—Mosaic Court
first forms of mosaics
- 23—New Grange
entirely illuminated on the winter solstice, december 21st for approximately 17mins
- 24—Palace Complex
- 25—Palace of Darius and Xerxes
- 26—Pantheon
dome was built with lighter gradients to support the weight of the dome
- 27—Parthenon
Theres no straight lines along the parthenon to prevent optical failures
- 28—Pyramids of Menkaure
bottom portion made of red granite and upper portion made of limestone to create contrast
- 29—Recontruction drawing of the citadel of Sargon
- 30—Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia
fortuna primigenia means either "first-born" or "eldest"
- 31—Stonehenge
had an unknown wooden twin about 900m away
- 32—Temple of Amun-Ra, Karnak
built from a mix of decayed temples, chapels, and pylons
- 33—Temple of Apollo at Didyma
- 34—temple of Apollo Epikourios at Bassae
- 35—Temple of Artemis
was originally one of the seven wonders of the world before being destroyed
- 36—Temple of Apollo
- 37—Temple of Hatshepsut
hatshepsut is the first and only female ruler of egypt to rule as a king rather than a queen
- 38—Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus
considered the most influential roman temple in terms of design
- 39—Temple of Portunus
converted into a christian church to protect the structure
- 40—Temple of Zeus
the statue of zeus in the center of the temple was made of gold, ivory, and ebony
- 41—The Basillica Julia
"open-air" structure allowing rooms to be illuminated by light
- 42—The Erectheion
porch on the south-west side with 6 women replacing collums
- 43—The Lioness Gate
the heads of the lions are now missing and are believed to be made of metal
- 44—The Octagonal Hall
- 45—The Propylaea
the construction was cut off after 5 years of construction in 432 BC
- 46—Theater Complex at Pompey
Pompey claimed it was a theater dedicated to the goddess Venus so the senate would allow him to build another theater
- 47—Theater of Epidauros
built so that spectators in the back could hear without any problem
- 48—Theater of Marcellus
each of the levels was built with a different architectural style- 1st is Doric order, 2nd is Ionic order, and 3rd is the Corinthian Order
- 49—Tomb and Temple of Mentuhotep II
began building temples to hide tomb riches instead of pyramids to plunder
- 50—Valley of the Temple Khafre
- 51—Villa of Oplontis
- 52—White Temple
said to be the first ziggurat