Architecture and Design Assignment Questions

• Five questions

•“Short-form” responses are a synthetic text of around 300 words or eight

information-packed sentences. These should not be longer than 350 words

(ensure your sentences are to-the-point and not wandering!)

•Ensure that you respond to all of the case studies equally, for instance, if there are

four images, you should write two sentences minimum per image.

•The best responses will consider and address the prompt directly with the case

study. You will manage to synthesize the material from the lectures, the textbooks,

essays, and your own research.

•If you cite the essays or outside sources, please consistently cite them.

Instructions... Read carefully!

1. For each question, identify the name, location, and dates for the case-study images.

2. Identify which week these case studies came from in the lecture and use this information to

locate it in your lecture notes and textbook. You are also encouraged to do additional

research outside of these sources.

3. Some questions mention the weekly essays, you should ensure that you use these readings

to inform your answer in part.

4. Write your responses in a word doc and include the question number for each.

5. Make final edit.

6. Save as a single PDF!

• At the top of each of your responses include the IDs (name, location, date) for each

image in the question. These images all come from the lecture slides.

1. Using these four examples discuss the development and shifts in funerary architectures and the ways that they reflect beliefs around the afterlife in Ancient Egypt.

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2. Using these two images below, and referring to Spiro Kostof’s essay “The Practice of Architecture in the Ancient World: Egypt and Greece,” discuss the role and practice

of the “architect” in Ancient Egyptian architecture.

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3. Using these example images below, discuss the significance of columnar architecture across these respective cultures (and between them). Use correct terminology to

describe these structural and expressive elements. Discuss the ways that columns have functioned in various cultures.

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4. Using the examples below, and referring to Michael P. Canepa’s , “Building the First Persian Empire” reading, discuss how trade routes and military activities produced

forms of hybridization in ancient architectures.

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5. Using the examples below, discuss the ways that we see evidence of the rise of a “humanistic” worldview in Ancient Greek art and architecture:

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