Arch 3006 Midterm Terms
Terms
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- menhir
- tall stone
- Anthromorphic
- having human forms
- stylobate
- stairs around Greek temple
- entasis
- bowing of column
- pediment
- triangular endcap
- megaron
- temple structure (plan)
- propylon
- gateway into sanctuary
- dolmen
- Neolithic chamber tomb
- megalith
- great stone
- axis mundi
- vertical axis
- polis
- independant commmunity
- Characteristics shared by societies
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-monumental architecture
-concentration of surplus
-division of labor
-written language
-artisitc ability
-density in population - Paleolithic means
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-old stone age
-food gathering people
-nomadic (moved around) - Neolithic means
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-new stone age
-food producing people (crops)
-stationary - pieron
- colonade
- tholos
- sacred and gated
- cornucopia
- modern symbol of abundance
- Mesopotamia means
- "land between the rivers"
- Golden section
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-start with square
-divide it in half
-take diagonal of one of halves and using a compass, swing down till it touches base
-Where diagonal hits base, make, this makes another rectangle - Golden section numerical form
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= (1 + sq. root of 5) 2
-A/B=B/A+ B
-minor is to major as major is to whole