ARTH 1162 Midterm: Arth 1162 Exam 1 Review Notes
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Every building is caught in the web of the 4th dimension. Threads extend from it backward and forward to other buildings whose existence has touch it or been touched by it. buildings, to sati differently, are based on buildings. (spiro kostof, 1984) Us federal style (popular 1720-1840) (cid:5686)(cid:7055)(cid:2903)(cid:7642)(cid:3794) (ex of prototypes in ancient greece and rome: uva rotunda, ca. 1819; pantheon(cid:1249)(cid:5151)(cid:4009), Historic cultures: ziggurat at ur(cid:1880)(cid:1380)(cid:1333)(cid:6975)(cid:1866)(cid:2796)(cid:4018)(cid:1415)(cid:1295)(cid:7170)(cid:2561)(cid:2933)(cid:5151)(cid:2352); greatest pyramids at giza(cid:1908) (cid:6115)(cid:7170)(cid:2561)(cid:2352) Other nds demonstrate that site was understood in different ways by latter cultures: Site of magical offerings (cid:1472)(cid:2013)(cid:1157)(cid:1472)(cid:2418)(cid:5145)(cid:1590)(cid:5151)(cid:1441)(cid:4913)(cid:6084)(cid:5301)(cid:1172)(cid:2418) (cid:4640)(cid:1153)(cid:4564)(cid:1154)gold ornaments and coins as gifts by the spirits. Explored by norsevikings (cid:1785)(cid:3966)(cid:4217)(cid:4942) undistributed until local landowner discovered while quarrying stone (cid:4023)(cid:5034)(cid:1172)(cid:5034)(cid:2264)(cid:1157)(cid:7163)(cid:5034) (cid:2251)(cid:1851)(cid:5034) Site largely rebuilt after 1961(current reconstruction is only speculative) Built of upright megaliths (cid:5279)(cid:4951)(cid:4913)(cid:2788)(cid:5034)(cid:1153)a megalith is a large stone that has been used to construct a structure or monument.
