ESSAY ASSIGNMENT
Select one of the following projects listed below and describe (in 500 words maximum) the key architectural ideas of the project, complex, or building. Ideas about social context, site orientation, procession, furniture, art and/or historical importance should be emphasized when applicable.
One page of diagrams and one page of images should be provided to help support your research and concepts demonstrated in the essay. There should be (at minimum) four sources cited, which can include but are not limited to: books, journals, podcasts, video media, etc. If you choose to use a website or blog, you must make sure that the material content is viable and accurate. Cited sources must also be formatted in a bibliography; use EasyBib or Citation Machine for help.
A hard copy is due at the beginning of class on Week 5, September 22rd.
Essay (500 words)
Diagrams (1 page)
Images (1 page)
Citations (4 sources)
PROJECT LIST:
Ishtar Gate
Ziggurat at Ur
Mastaba (tomb)
Palace of Persepolis (Apadana)
Palace of Knossos
Tholos (tomb)
Pyramids at Giza
Luxor Temple
Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
The Parthenon
The Erechtheion
The Colosseum
The Circus Maximus
The Pantheon
Baths of Caracalla
Maison Carree
Insulae (domestic)
Domus (domestic)
Hadrian's Villa.