{"id":53165,"date":"2022-04-16T23:04:45","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T23:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/week-3-discussion-influences-of-ancient-architecture\/"},"modified":"2022-04-16T23:04:45","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T23:04:45","slug":"week-3-discussion-influences-of-ancient-architecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/week-3-discussion-influences-of-ancient-architecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 3 discussion: influences of ancient architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Locate at least two architectural works that were influenced by Greco-Roman architecture. These can be from any time period after the Greco-Roman period but should be from different periods themselves (e.g., one from Renaissance and one from Baroque). Then address the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is the function of each structure?<\/li>\n<li>How does each work exhibit influence of the Greco-Roman period? Is the influence specifically Greek, Etruscan, or Roman \u2013 or a combination?<\/li>\n<li>How would you compare the two selected works? Take the role of the evaluative critic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Use examples from the text, the lesson, and the library to help support your answer. Please remember to provide images and citations to help illustrate your points.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow-Up Post Instructions<\/strong><br \/>Respond to at least one peer. Further the dialogue by providing more information and clarification.<\/p>\n<p>YesterdayMay 16 at 4:59pm<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/chamberlain.instructure.com\/courses\/82107\/discussion_topics\/2627766?module_item_id=11479932#\">Manage Discussion Entry<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This week we are reading about architecture.\u00a0 This is vastly different from other forms of art that we have learned about thus far. Our book describes how architects have a special and respected relationship in respects to space and function of that space.\u00a0 Some of the most unique and well known buildings have been created with this foundation in architecture in mind.\u00a0 As stated in our book, \u201cArchitecture generally creates a strengthened hierarchy in the positioned interrelationships of earth and sky and what is in between\u201d (Jacobus &amp; Martin, 2018).\u00a0 The influences of Greco-Roman architecture are seen throughout the creation of buildings all over the world. \u00a0 These structures are renowned for their magnificence, huge columns, and iconic beauty.\u00a0 This style is also known for its symmetry, archways, vaults, and domes.\u00a0 These structures are constructed using marble, limestone, and concrete.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>St. Peter\u2019s Square was built from 1656-1667 in the Vatican City, during the Renaissance time period.\u00a0 Designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, it functions as a gathering place for the public upwards of 300,000 to see the Pope give his blessings.\u00a0 It is named after Saint Peter, an apostle of Jesus and exhibits symmetry throughout its construction.\u00a0 This structure exhibits the Greco-Roman period by its design.\u00a0 For example, there is a trapezoidal entrance as one enters the elliptical viewing area.\u00a0 Looking straight into the open area, one can see straight to the Papal Basilica of Saint Peter, known to be the headquarters of the Catholic church.\u00a0 There is an Egyptian obelisk (a tall, four-sided narrow tapering monument that ends in a pyramid-like shape on top) located in the center of the viewing area.\u00a0 Matching curved colonnades (long sequences of columns) flank each side of the obelisk with 284 columns, 88 pilasters, and 140 statues of saints (Civitatis Tours SL., n.d.).\u00a0 In addition, there are two fountains on each side of the obelisk contribute to St. Peter\u2019s square beauty and relaxing atmosphere after being constructed from 1667 to 1677 (Citt\u00e0 Del Vaticano, n.d.).\u00a0 The construction of St. Peter\u2019s square embodies both Greek and Roman Architecture during the Renaissance era.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"St. Peter's Square\" src=\"https:\/\/chamberlain.instructure.com\/users\/151831\/files\/13027854\/preview?verifier=Bmht2G0IMULLUB61dqwOeIbC3FieVSnsshL07Y0L\"\/> \u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Google Maps View of St. Peter's Square Area\" src=\"https:\/\/chamberlain.instructure.com\/users\/151831\/files\/13027865\/preview?verifier=4U7q8Hwr9FhFLzO3mIHBzdnDwwmL3LeAwbaJ0qi3\"\/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Low Memorial Library located on the Columbia University campus in New York City is another example influenced by Greco-Roman architecture.\u00a0 This structure was the first major building of Columbia University\u2019s new campus built in 1895 &#8211; 1897 in the Late Modern Period.\u00a0 It is located in New York City\u2019s Morningside Heights neighborhood.\u00a0 \u201cModeled after the Pantheon in Rome, Low (Memorial) Library was conceived as the visual and academic focal point of the campus plan\u201d (National Park Service, n.d.).\u00a0 There are several flights of steps with two landings that lead to the entrance of the building.\u00a0 Its entrance faces the campus courtyard with several columns and a rising, central dome.\u00a0 There are balconies along the base of the dome, with the north balcony featuring four statues of Euripides, Demosthenes, Sophocles and Augustus Caesar. The two massive columns of green marble at the entrance lead to the octagonal reading room.\u00a0 This interior space is surrounded by sixteen columns of green granite from Vermont (University Archives, 2020).\u00a0 This structure embodies both Greek and Roman architecture.<\/p>\n<p>Low Memorial Library:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Low Memorial Library.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/chamberlain.instructure.com\/users\/151831\/files\/13027876\/preview?verifier=fN9QuPj6Uns1BAeBcKkmSnwdYbaMjbX1DNhUdQmY\"\/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pantheon in Rome Italy:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pantheon Rome.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/chamberlain.instructure.com\/users\/151831\/files\/13027919\/preview?verifier=wwgw8H1m3ohDb4lwKzBD3JYuujNYpFeMi7yCPMLD\"\/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Taking the role of the evaluative critic and the three parts to being that, the insight to St. Peter\u2019s Square is that this structure is a vast outdoor space where individuals can witness the pope give his blessing. This background knowledge allows for understanding of the intent behind this structure.\u00a0 In my opinion, this structure is a work of perfection as the beautiful symmetry of the oval shape with its colonnades comes together to form an open area for people to gather. This structure is the ideal definition of inexhaustibility as it has infinite beauty and meaning behind each form and shape. St. Peter\u2019s Square can be intimidating, beautiful, mysterious among so many other personal interpretations.\u00a0 The Low Memorial Library has great insight behind it\u2019s design.\u00a0 Modeled after the Pantheon in Rome, this structure was built to be a library and has since become partly occupied with administrative offices. The massive columns in the front of the library give an onlooker the impression as if they are about to enter a great building, with thousands of books on display.\u00a0 This structure embodies perfection and inexhaustibility shows in what appears to be an endless flight of stairs approaching the library doors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>References:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Citt\u00e0 Del Vaticano. (n.d.). <em>St. Peter\u2019s Square Fountains<\/em>. Retrieved May 16, 2021, from https:\/\/vatican.com\/St-Peters-Square-Fountains\/<\/p>\n<p>Civitatis Tours SL. (n.d.). <em>St. Peter\u2019s Square &#8211; Vatican City<\/em>. Civitatis Rome. Retrieved May 16, 2021, from https:\/\/www.rome.net\/st-peters-square#:%7E:text=The%20most%20impressive%20part%20of,by%20the%20disciples%20of%20Bernini.<\/p>\n<p>Jacobus, L., &amp; Martin, D. F. (2018). <em>Humanities through the Arts<\/em> (10th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education.<\/p>\n<p>National Park Service. (n.d.). <em>Low Memorial Library, Columbia University, New York<\/em>. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 16, 2021, from https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/places\/low-memorial-library.htm<\/p>\n<p>University Archives. (2020, April 20). <em>Low and Gould Memorial Libraries: Contemporaries and Counterparts \u2013 News from Columbia\u2019s Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library<\/em>. News from Columbia\u2019s Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library. https:\/\/blogs.cul.columbia.edu\/rbml\/2020\/04\/20\/low-and-gould-memorial-libraries\/<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/chamberlain.instructure.com\/courses\/82107\/discussion_topics\/2627766?module_item_id=11479932#\">Reply Reply to Comment<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Locate at least two architectural works that were influenced by Greco-Roman architecture. 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