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Bashardanesh, Mohammad. "Historic Persian buildings and structures: windwards, refrigerators and structural foundations." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2017.
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Architecture in life is the light of the culture in any society and closely relates with historical, political, economic and social aspects of the society. Persian architecture and building construction should be properly examined from the depths of the history of this ancient land. Persian architecture goes back to six centuries before Christ and it has over 6000 years of continuous history. Since then ever, architecture has been related to various issues, especially religious, and has developed and evolved for centuries.
Persian architecture has features that in comparison with other countries are of particular value. Properties such as good design, precise calculations, the correct form of coverage, compliance with technical and scientific issues in the building, high balconies, tall pillars and the various decorations that each of them represent the magnificent of Persian architecture.
This study assumes that architecture and building construction are the full manifestation of human culture, and focus on some of the important elements in traditional Persian architecture: windwards, traditional refrigerators and foundations.
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Spence, Katherine Emma. "Orientation in ancient Egyptian royal architecture." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.299468.
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Nanji, Nawazish Godrej. "Giving Architecture to Fire." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/33592.
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For centuries, fire has been a sacred symbol from the eastern cultures to western regions. As one of the four states of matter, fire represents the great essence in our daily lives as an energy source with its warmth, light and aura, kindling feelings of truth and spirituality within us. In his poetic verses, fire was venerated by Zoroaster who led mankind to believe that there is one supreme lord that we may follow; a being that can only be known by the quest for truth (Asha). For Zoroaster truth was symbolic with fire as it brought people together in prayer. With the passage of time fire became consecrated in different orders with the higher ones being placed within covered buildings for protection. These buildings became temples of fire or Fire Temples where an eternal flame was kept and looked after by a priest so as to keep alive the salvation of humankind and continue our journey towards righteousness with the blessings of the supreme. With this, faith stayed alive as long as the Fire burned.
Herein lies my celebration of fire where I announce it to the follower on the path to truth as an eternal flame burning, yet resting in a place worthy of all its glory; an ambiance created to venerate the flame and reassure the traveler that its light has more to offer than meets the eye.Master of Architecture
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Rossi, Corinna. "Mathematics and design in ancient Egyptian religious and funerary architecture." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.621688.
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Packer, John Aidan. "Influences of Ancient Egypt on architecture and ornament in Scotland." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/7708.
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This work seeks to identify the forms and origins of Ancient Egyptian architecture and the complex historical progress which brought these to Scotland, identifying the affinities shared by both countries and their evolving role from their first arrival to the present day. The thesis follows Egypt’s first appearance in Scottish legend and its later influence, at the close of the 16th century, in the practices of organised Freemasonry, to be followed, from the second quarter of the 17th century, by numerous obelisk sundials and with the construction of the first pyramid towards its close. In the 18th century, single obelisk monuments with Masonic implications appeared, and the outstanding significance of the Scottish Enlightenment and its fascination with Antiquity are noted. That this coincided with the Grand Tour encouraged Scottish aristocrats, architects, and artists to observe, to study and to be inspired by Egyptian forms, principally in Rome, which then appeared in Scottish country house and garden. The first recorded visit of a Scot to Egypt, in 1768, led to the delayed publication of an account in 1793 and the century closed with the outbreak of the British military campaign in Egypt against Napoleon’s invading forces. The participation of Scots troops led to a new familiarity with the land and, albeit from France, there were produced the first accurate details of the country’s monuments and an ensuing enthusiasm for an ‘Egyptian Revival’. This thesis goes on to record the 19th century absorption with mourning, when the use of Egyptian symbols, aided by industrial methods of production, grew to a peak, allied to new archaeological discoveries by visiting Scots and the growth of accurate publications. These two latter, increased by the growing number of Scots who visited the country, influenced the use of Egyptian themes in a wide range of buildings, religious, domestic and industrial. The 20th century rejection of both religion and commemoration, except in acknowledgement of the sacrifice of those who gave their lives in the First and Second World Wars, led to the decline of Egyptian mourning themes and new building techniques left little place for Egyptian references which were mainly reduced to mere surface ornament. This thesis concludes with an important 21st century military example which contains within it, a unique range of Egyptian symbols of commemoration.
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Gleason, Kathryn Louise. "Towards an archaeology of landscape architecture in the ancient Roman world." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.359735.
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Clark, Julian David. "Architecture and processes in modern and ancient deep-marine channel complexes." Thesis, University of Leicester, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/35001.
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Quantitative analysis of modern submarine channels has permitted a more rigorous classification than has hitherto existed. Channel sinuosity varies with slope gradient, reaching a maximum sinuosity at an optimum gradient. Modern submarine channels may be classified by maximum sinuosity and slope gradient giving high-sinuosity, low-gradient, to low-sinuosity, high-gradient channels. This study highlights similarities between the geometry of submarine meanders and those of large terrestrial rivers. An architectural element analysis scheme is presented in this thesis to enable qualitative comparisons between modern and ancient channels. For submarine channels, using this architectural element scheme, two end-member models are proposed for modern and ancient systems. This thesis examines the classic channel-complex deposits of the Eocene Hecho Group, south-central Pyrenees, Spain, to emphasise the range of channel architectural styles found in a foreland basin. Seven distinct channel types are recognised in this basin, generally representing different levels of erosional and depositional architecture and facies. A variety of modern and ancient submarine channel elements have been studied to show that channel architecture is strongly controlled by the type of channelised flow process. Synthesising data from modern and ancient channels provides some predictions about preferential sites of sand accumulation within channel-levee complexes, e.g., at channel bends associated with flow stripping; channel confluences; point bar deposits; channel benches and terraces; channel thalwegs; and other hitrachannel hydraulic jump sites, such as cross channel growth faults.
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McEwen, Indra Kagis. "Socrates' ancestor : architecture and emerging order in archaic Greece." Thesis, McGill University, 1991. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=60468.
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Socrates claimed Daedalus, the mythical first architect, as his ancestor. Taking this as a point of departure, the thesis explores the relationship between architecture and speculative thought, and shows how the latter is grounded in the former. A detailed examination of the Anaximander fragment, the earliest surviving record in Western philosophy, is considered in relation to Anaximander's built work. This three-part cosmic model which included a celestial sphere, the first map of the world, and a sun clock (the gnomon), reveals the fragment to be a theory of the work in that the cosmic order Anaximander was the first to articulate was discovered through the building of the model. The model is seen as comparable to a daidalon, a creation of Daedalus, whose legend reflects the importance of craft in the self-consciousness of archaic Greece where the kosmos (order) of civilization were seen as having emerged with the kosmos allowed to appear through the making of the artifact. Archaic self-consciousness is further examined through the emergence of the Greek city-state (the polis) and in the building of the first peripteral temples, both of which are revealed as necessary antecedents to birth of theory, understood as the wondering admiration of the well-made thing.
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Rezaee-Tafrechy, Tayyebeh. "L'eau : les réalités (les qanât), les mythes et les rites (la déesse Anahita) : de l'Iran préislamique à certaines coutumes et traditions conservées dans l'Iran contemporain." Thesis, Limoges, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015LIMO0094.
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Cette thèse porte sur les influences de la condition géographique du plateau iranien sur la création du mythe d’Anāhitā et les croyances concernant l’eau chez les iraniens et nous essayons de démontrer pourquoi ses mythes et ses rites sont différents de ceux des autres peuples qui bénéficiaient de la présence de l’eau. La situation particulière de sa géographie et le manque naturel de l’eau font de l’Iran un pays chaud et sec. Il y a quatre mille ans, ce manque de pluie sur le plateau iranien a engendré plusieurs croyances religieuses et rituelles en Perse, nous remarquons ce fait dans Avesta et les autres œuvres de l’époque préislamique. Nous voyons clairement la trace de ces croyances dans les folklores contemporains. Les travaux de recherche sur la langue de cette époque sont nombreux par rapport à l’étude des mythes et leurs formations dans la pensée iranienne préislamique. Plusieurs éléments favorisent cette pensée. Notre tâche dans ce travail consiste à les classer pour pouvoir ressortir les structures élémentaires de ces croyances qui perdurent jusqu’à aujourd’hui et les traces sont présentes dans les folklores contemporains. Notre corpus est constitué de l’ensemble des textes de cette époque et en grande partie les textes religieux notamment Avesta qui reste presque intact jusqu’à aujourd’hui et continue à influencer malgré l’arrivé des autres cultures et religions, mais ce qui est intéressant c’est que la pensée iranienne préislamique a su apprivoiser ces cultures et les localiser et leurs donner une forme iranienneThis thesis focuses on the influences of the geographical condition of the Iranian plateau on the creation of the myth of Anāhitā and the beliefs concerning water in Iran and we are trying to demonstrate why its myths and rituals are different from those of other peoples benefited from the presence of water. The particular situation of its geography and the natural lack of water make Iran a hot and dry country. Four thousand years ago, this lack of rain on the Iranian plateau generated several religious and ritual beliefs in Persia as we can notice in Avesta and other works of pre-Islamic era. We clearly see the trace of these beliefs in the contemporary folklores. Researches on the language of that time are numerous compared to the study of the myths and their formations in the pre-Islamic Iranian thought. Several factors support this thought. Our task in this work consists in classifying them to be able to arise the basic structures of these beliefs which continue until today and the traces are present in the contemporary folklores. Our corpus consists of the whole of the texts of that time and mainly the religious texts in particular Avesta which remains almost intact until today and continue to influence despite of the arrival of the other cultures and religions, but what is interesting it is that the pre-Islamic Iranian thought knew how to tame these cultures and to locate them and to give them an Iranian form
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Steinberg, Marc J. (Marc Jonathan) 1969. "6,000 years of copper smelting : Center for the Study of Copper Smelting in Ancient Societies." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70324.
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Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2000.Includes bibliographical references (p. 95).
In 1959 professor of archeology Beno Rothenberg began investigating the production of copper in the Sinai desert and Aravah region of southern Israel. He discovered over 650 previously unknown ancient copper mining and smelting sites. The Timna Valley is one of the most significant sites discovered and is believed to be the first site of copper production, beginning six-thousand years ago. Within this rich historical context, I propose to build an international center for desert studies and copper production in ancient societies. Faculty, students, and researchers will examine desert climate, vegetation, and wildlife. Equally important, they will study the process of mining and smelting copper. The center will also be open to individual tourists and larger groups. Following an introductory lecture, tourists will produce their own small samples of copper. The architecture of the building is driven from the nature of the smelting process. In this process, copper is chemically separated from impurities in a smelting furnace. Heavy metallic copper sinks to the bottom of the furnace. Slag forms above the copper and gas evaporates. The layers of the building mimic this process and are made from copper, slag, and glass. The overall design theme of the building also seeks to demonstrate a clear interaction between building, landscape, and environment.
by Mark J. Steinberg.
M.Arch.
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Reichert, Steffen H. (Steffen Heinz). "Reverse engineering nature : design principles for flexible protection inspired by ancient fish armor of Polypteridae." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/64564.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2010.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 98-101).
This thesis is about designing structures that combine the dual functions of mechanical protection and flexibility of motion. The structures are inspired by principles observed in the ganoid squamation (scale assembly) of an ancient fish species called Polypteridae, which first appeared 96 million years ago. Prior work on Polypteridae has focused on understanding the role of the inherent material properties (e.g., stiffness, strength, etc.) of the individual bony scales to provide penetration resistance. Here, geometric design is explored at increasingly larger length scales including 1) morphometric features within individual scales, 2) morphometry of the individual scales as a whole, 3) scale-to-scale interconnections and anisotropic ranges of motion, and, lastly, 4) the entire assembled scale squamation and anisotropic ranges of motion of the entire fish body. Experimental, computational, and mathematical methods employed were micro-computed tomography, microscopy, morphometric analysis, and three-dimensional printing of prototypes. The geometrical design principles discovered were related to biomechanical mobility and protection and then implemented into a generalized, functional design system which possesses similar anisotropic distinctive degrees of freedom and ranges of motion as Polypteridae. The design system offers potential for applications in fields of transportation, military, and architecture.
by Steffen H. Reichert.
S.M.
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Leroy, Pierre-Olivier. "Du Gange au Tigre : édition, traduction et commentaire du livre XV de la Géographie de Strabon." Thesis, Reims, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012REIML011.
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Mon travail de thèse est une édition traduite et commentée du livre XV de la Géographie de Strabon.L'introduction replace l'Inde et la Perse de Strabon dans la tradition géographique grecque. Un commentaire philologique, historique et géographique illustre de façon linéaire les principaux intérêts du texteMy PhD is an edition, translation and commentary of Book XV of Strabo's Geography. The introduction deals with the place of Strabo's India and Persia within Greek geographical tradition. A philological, historical and geographical commentary is following the text
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Ahmed, Tamanna. "Vihara architecture: defining the existential foothold of VIII century Buddhist monastery "Somapura Mahavihara" of ancien Bengal." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/19173.
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Lost in history, the ruin of ‘Somapura Mahavihara’ was not recognized separated from its birthplace, i.e. nature, for more than 700 years. Yet, within its silent presence, the monument dominated the name of the region: ‘Paharpur’ (land of hillock), according to its appearance surrounds by its flat land topo¬graphy.
Discovered in 1919, the single largest Buddhist Vihara (monas¬tery) of ancient Bengal came into light, pronouncing the flou¬rishing minute of Buddhist architecture, once dominant religious force of the subcontinent. The earliest historical monumental architecture of greater Asia, had long been deriving itself from the Buddhist monastic architecture as early as VI century BC. In line of history, the discovery of ‘Somapura Mahavihara’ contributed attesting the sensitivities of a highly sophisticated architectonic typology of Vihara Architecture in the land of ancient Bengal. The recovery of ‘Somapura Mahavihara’ was not only from its cradle of nature, but also from its remarkable existence imprinted in the reign of Pala dynasty (750 - 1155 AD) announcing the existential foothold of man in his nature.
The existential foothold of ‘Somapura Mahavihara’ comprises the factors, responsible in shaping the anchorage of the mo¬nument since the birth of Vihara architecture, as early as 530 BC. These factors not only denote the building technology in response to its environment but also the amalgamation of be¬lief, upon which the dwellers transformed the site as a place announcing their existence on earth. This research paper aims at exploring the existential foothold of ‘Somapura Mahavihara’, in terms of its
territorial, functional, structural, social, cultural, religious sym¬bolic hierarchies of human achievement while clarifying the architectonic typology that shaped ‘Somapura Mahavihara’ through evolution process of ‘Vihara Architecture’.
This understanding intends to combine the archaeological knowledge with comparative architectural analysis of contem¬porary Viharas of ancient Bengal, to define the singularity of ‘Somapura Mahavihara’. In consequence, the glorious past of ‘Somapura Mahavihara’ is intended to portray through iden¬tifying the relation of religious and functional rationalism with the connotation of art, architecture and belief moulded within natural forces, as one complete entity;
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Vihara Arquitetura: Definindo a posição existencial do século VIII
Budista mosteiro “Somapura Mahavihara” de Bengala antiga.
Perdidas na História, as ruínas de ‘Somapura Mahavihara’ foram
confundidas com uma montanha durante mais de setecentos anos.
Contudo, no seu silêncio presente, o monumento marcou a toponímia da região; ‘Paharpur’ significa ‘a terra do outeiro’, evidenciando a
singularidade deste monumento numa região dominada por uma
extensa planície.
Em 1919, foi descoberto o maior mosteiro budista da antiga região de Bengal, demonstrando a prosperidade da arquitectura budista. Tem¬poralmente, a descoberta de ‘Somapura Mahavihara’ contribuiu para atestar a evolução e a sofisticação da tipologia arquitectónica
denominada ‘Arquitectura Vihara’, existente na antiga região de
Bengal.
A noção de pegada existencial de ‘Somapura Mahavihara’
compreende os factores responsáveis por moldar a ancoragem do monumento ao lugar em que se insere desde o início da arquitectura Vihara, que remonta a 530 a.C. Estes factores evidenciam a tecnologia construtiva empregue para responder ao ambiente envolvente mas também a evolução da religião, factores estes que os monges
construtores consideraram ao transformar o lugar e anunciar a sua existência na Terra. Esta investigação tem por objectivo explorar a noção de
pegada existencial de ‘Somapura Mahavihara’, nas suas dimensões territoriais, funcionais, estruturais, sociais, culturais e nas hierarquias simbólicas das realizações humanas para
clarificar a tipologia arquitectónica que deu forma a
‘Somapura Mahavihara’ durante a evolução da arquitectura Vihara.
Este entendimento pretende combinar/cruzar o conhecimen¬to arqueológico com estudos arquitectónicos comparativos de Viharas na antiga região de Bengal, com o objectivo de definir a singularidade de ‘Somapura Mahavihara’. Neste estudo estudar-se-á também o confronto entre a dimensão religiosa e a artística (divino vs. humano), integrados na
arquitectura de ‘Somapura Mahavihara’ em perfeita
harmonia.
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Landuyt, Frederique. "Greek and indigenous in the architecture of South-Western Asia Minor." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.484297.
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LI, HAO. "A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ENGLISH AND ANCIENT CHINESE GARDEN DESIGN." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2000. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin975339478.
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Plank, Shannon E. "Maya dwellings in hieroglyphs and archaeology : an interactive approach to ancient architecture and spatial cognition /." Oxford : Archaeopress, 2004. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb39949560d.
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Correas-Amador, Maria. "Ethnoarchaeology of Egyptian mudbrick houses : towards a holistic understanding of ancient Egyptian domestic architecture." Thesis, Durham University, 2013. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/6916/.
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The subject of domestic architecture in ancient Egypt has attracted less attention than other aspects of Egyptian culture. The traditional approach to the study of ancient Egyptian houses has been formal and largely focused on the site of Amarna, and context and material have not been actively integrated into the study of ancient Egyptian domestic architecture. Moreover, a methodology for the study of ancient Egyptian mudbrick houses has never been developed. Thus, the aim of this research is to develop a methodology for the recording, analysis and interpretation of ancient Egyptian house remains. For that purpose, this research has adopted a broad theoretical approach, which includes the consideration of universal interaction, contextual and material factors. Its main objective was to carry out an ethnoarchaeological study in order to further explore the associations between humans and buildings and their physical reflection on the house (material and distribution and use of space). Through the collection of interviews, architectural surveys and observation data in three different areas of modern Egypt – the Nile Delta, Upper Egypt and the Dakhleh Oasis – a series of categories were developed and key concepts for interpretation identified. These were applied to a number of archaeological sites across different areas and periods of ancient Egyptian history. The application of the modern data categories and concepts to the archaeological data allowed for the identification of a series of key variables responsible for architectural features and for distribution and use of space within the house. These were articulated into a methodology that, it is expected, will provide a standard means of recording, analysis and interpretation of ancient Egyptian mudbrick houses in the future.
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Lopez, Jimenez Ramon. "Sedimentary architecture of ancient submarine channel systems of the Maraş Basin (Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey)." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2017. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=233653.
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The topic of this thesis is the study of deposits from ancient submarine channel systems in the Miocene Maraş Basin (southern Turkey). The results show four independent systems in the form of slope channel complexes in the stratigraphic sequence of the basin. The present study focuses particularly on the reconstruction of the sedimentary architecture and palaeo-flow interpretation of the deposits of two of these systems: the Alikayası and the Karışık Systems. The approach followed was the architectural analysis scheme. The data from maps, sketches and logs was organized following a hierarchy of bounding surfaces as well as by the grouping of canyon/channel-fills according to key sedimentary attributes. The resultant sedimentary architecture of the Alikayası System suggests a fundamental control by the propagation of a submarine fold-and-thrust belt. The sedimentary architecture of the Alikayası System does not agree with generic hierarchical models proposed for the description of slope channel complexes. On the other hand, the Karışık System is interpreted as an intraslope system, which was dominated by submarine landslides and developed small channel systems, resulting in sequences of mass transport deposits and channel-fills. The propagation of a fold-and-thrust belt also controlled the sedimentary architecture of the Karışık System. All the systems identified in the Maraş Basin are interpreted to have been part of submarine channel systems connected to the shelf, transferring coarse-grained clastic sediments (e.g. gravel and sand) from the coast to the marine deepwater environment.
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Barry, Marie Porterfield. "Lesson 05: Ideal Beauty in the Ancient World." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2020. https://dc.etsu.edu/art-appreciation-oer/6.
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Lamouille, Stéphane. "Recherches sur les charpentes dans l'architecture monumentale grecque du VIe au IVe siècle av. J.-C." Thesis, Toulouse 2, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019TOU20081.
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Il ne subsiste aucun vestige direct des charpentes grecques et, bien souvent, l’état de conservation des blocs constitutifs des parties hautes des édifices est lacunaire. Ce constat conduit souvent à la reproduction du cadre interprétatif des charpentes antiques établi à la fin du XIXe siècle, opposant charpente grecque à empilement d’une part, et charpente romaine à ferme d’autre part. L’enjeu de cette thèse consiste à reconsidérer cette opposition binaire entre deux types de charpente. Afin de pallier le manque de vestiges archéologiques, d’autres pistes sont explorées. Les techniques utilisées dans la réalisation des charpentes ne sont pas toutes spécifiques à cet artisanat. Aussi, élargir le champ d’investigation à des activités connexes relevant de l’artisanat du bois comme, par exemple, la construction navale, permet de définir les contours d’un environnement technique dans lequel s’inscrit la charpente. Plusieurs traits caractéristiques de cet environnement technique ont été dégagés, parmi lesquels la maîtrise d’assemblages permettant la reprise d’efforts de traction, le recours à la triangulation des structures et un grand savoir-faire dans la taille des pièces de bois. À la suite de ce réexamen des connaissances pratiques et techniques des charpentiers grecs, une série d’études de cas est proposée, incluant l’arsenal du Pirée, les temples doriques de Sicile, le Parthénon, ainsi que le temple en calcaire et le temple d’Apollon du IVe siècle à Delphes. Les comptes de construction de ce dernier édifice, très riche concernant le matériau bois, font par ailleurs l’objet d’une analyse systématique. Enfin, sur le plan méthodologique, cette thèse aborde la question de la restitution des parties hautes. Le recours à la modélisation 3d et au calcul de structure permet de formuler des hypothèses neuves et d’en évaluer la pertinence dans un mouvement de va-et-vient entre les vestiges, les techniques et le comportement mécanique des charpentes. Les principaux résultats de cette thèse concernent la caractérisation de l’environnement technique dans lequel évoluent les charpentiers grecs des VIe et Ve siècle et conduisent à considérer comme pertinente l’hypothèse de l’existence de charpentes trianguléesThere are no direct remains of Greek roof structures and, in many cases, the state of conservation of the constituent blocks of the upper parts is incomplete. This observation often leads to the reproduction of the interpretative framework of antique roof frameworks established at the end of the 19th century, opposing Greek prop-and-lintel on the one hand, and Roman truss on the other. The challenge of this thesis is to reconsider this binary opposition between two types of framework. In order to compensate for the lack of archaeological remains, other avenues are being explored. The techniques used in the construction of the roof structures are not all specific to this craft. Also, extending the scope of investigation to related activities in the field of woodworking such as, for example, shipbuilding, makes it possible to define the contours of a technical environment in which the framework is embedded. Several characteristics of this technical environment were identified, including the use of assemblages that allow the recovery of tensile forces, the use of triangulation of structures and a great deal of know-how in the preparation of wooden beams. Following this review of the practical and technical knowledge of Greek carpenters, a series of case studies are proposed, including the Piraeus Arsenal, the Doric temples of Sicily, the Parthenon, as well as the so-called “limestone temple” and the fourth century BC Apollo templein Delphi. The construction accounts of this last building, which is very rich in wood materials, are also systematically analysed. Finally, from a methodological point of view, this thesis addresses the question of the restitution of the upper parts. The use of 3d modelling and structural calculation makes it possible to formulate new hypotheses and evaluate their relevance in a back and forth movement between the remains, techniques and the mechanical behaviour of the structures. The main results of this PhD dissertation concern the characterization of the technical environment in which Greek carpenters of the sixth and fifth centuries BC evolve and lead to consider as relevant the hypothesis of the existence of triangulated roof structures
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Horrocks, Paul. "The architecture of the Forum of Pompeii." Title page, contents and synopsis only, 2000. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phh161.pdf.
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"Thesis presented June 1998, amended February 2000." Includes bibliography. V. I: text -- v. IIa: Figures -- v. IIb: Figures. This thesis demonstrates the falsity of the assumptions that ancient architects followed innate spatial cues or responses in their designs, that ancient people experienced the resulting buildings through the same responses, and that modern scholars can thus reconstruct both the intentions of the ancient architects and the architectural effects experienced by ancient visitors to ancient buildings throught the medium of their own spatial reactions. This underlying belief is contestable given its basis in unproven and untested late nineteenth century theories of perception. The thesis also demonstrates that the assumption made by modern scholars that the architects of the Forum of Pompeii were primarily concerned with uniformly enclosed space, axial symmetry, and orthogonality, is wrong, and is contradicted by the actual form of the buildings around the Forum.
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Haibei, Ren. "FENG SHUI AND CHINESE TRADITIONAL DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2000. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin971283951.
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Mamoli, Myrsini. "Towards of a theory of reconstructing ancient libraries." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/51779.
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The library was one of the most important institutions in the Hellenistic and Roman city, as evidenced in the writings of ancient authors, and the building remains of libraries found throughout the Greco-Roman world, from Asia Minor to France and from Africa to Northern Greece. Yet, the library remains one of the least easily identifiable building forms and one of the most difficult to reconstruct, because unlike architectural types such as the temple, stoa, or theater, the library exhibits significant variety in design, scale and monumentality and the use of different component elements.
In reconstructing libraries, scholars often rely on a prescribed set of assumptions about components and their arrangement that limit our ability to identify libraries and understand their diversity of arrangement. This dissertation proposes shape grammars as an effective computational methodology to identify, understand, and reconstruct ancient libraries of diverse and variant scale, design and monumentality. The work presents a comprehensive documentation of known and identified libraries, reviews the design principles of the architectural form of ancient libraries, and on the basis of this historical analysis proposes a shape grammar for the formal specification of ancient Greek and Roman libraries.
The library grammar encodes the design principles of ancient libraries in ninety-one rules
that are grouped in two major parts: the first generates the main hall of the library and its interior design, and the second generates the complete layout of the library including additional porticoes, peristyles, exedras, gardens and propylon. The application of the rules generates libraries of diverse scales and monumentality: libraries known in the corpus and as well as hypothetical libraries.
The dissertation presents grammatical derivations for the seventeen known and identified libraries. These derivations, depending on the degree of preservation of the building remains of libraries, function as an evaluative tool for the validity of the grammar or for the reconstructions proposed by traditional research. In many cases, they point to different possibilities in the identification of the building remains related to libraries among remains of different phases or remains belonging to neighboring buildings, and suggest variant scenarios of reconstruction that might not stand out using traditional techniques of reconstruction. The metadata of the rules in the grammar and the derivations are used in a frequency analysis that provides a probabilistic model as an effective and systematic guide in identifying, evaluating and predicting the architectural form of libraries: the main hall and the threshold are identified as mandatory architectural components, the niches and focal point as most likely, and the podium with a colonnade as less likely to occur in a library. Less frequently, the library is a whole complex with exedras, a monumental entry and additional rooms that function as auditoria, banquet halls or offices.
Moreover, the work presents the derivations of possible libraries and evaluates the rules applied to generate them based on the frequency analysis. In the end, the work concludes
whether these buildings are libraries, non-libraries or exceptional libraries.
Lastly, this dissertation assesses the opportunities and challenges that emerge in using shape grammars to identify and reconstruct libraries and also the value and impact of using formal computational methods in the systematic exploration of variations in reconstruction of the archaeological record.
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Mason, David Robert. "'New lamps for old' : English responses to the restoration of monuments in Italy, ca. 1860-1890." Thesis, De Montfort University, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/2086/4115.
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Plank, Shannon E. Plank Shannon E. "Maya dwellings in hieroglyphs and archaeology an integrative approach to ancient architecture and spatial cognition /." Oxford : John and Erica Hedges Ltd, 2004. http://books.google.com/books?id=sCRmAAAAMAAJ.
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Roe, Sarah Elizabeth. "Shaping houses : integrating the physical and socio-cultural in the domestic architecture of Ancient Sicily." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2018. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/280261.
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In this thesis I explore how physical and socio-cultural factors interact to shape domestic architecture by analysing the form, layout, and construction of houses from Sicily dating from the Neolithic to the end of the Hellenistic period. This time range encompasses two primary domestic building traditions: single-spaced round houses that dominate from the Neolithic through to the end of the Late Bronze Age, and large, multiple-spaced rectilinear structures that characterise the Archaic period onwards. As such the domestic architecture of Sicily provides the opportunity to study not only two distinct ways of building, but also the dynamics within them and the changes that occurred as one evolved into the other during the Early Iron Age: a period of transition that is often studied in isolation or only in relation to the earlier or later context, rather than as an integral part of this island’s history. A critical analysis of building techniques and materials in the context of available resources and their material properties alongside local environmental conditions reveals correlations between the choice of materials, construction techniques, and topographical and climatic conditions, as well as the form taken by the building as a whole. Comparative analyses were also carried out of house size, form, and degree of subdivision within and between the building traditions. The picture presented shows an increase in total size and subdivision (despite the relatively stable size range of individual spaces within the houses) from the Neolithic to the Hellenistic period and implies a developing desire for options to separate people and activities. Finally, close diagrammatic studies of the layout and spatial organisation of the houses bring to light the structuring of these domestic spaces: the use of architectural features and artefacts to provide a sense of division in single-spaced buildings; greater layers of access and control of movement incorporated into the larger, rectilinear houses with their multiple spaces; and the arrangement of these to allow for the lighting of interior rooms. Combined with the results above, these reveal patterns in the development of building traditions on Sicily and how they relate to, encompass, and entangle the dynamic socio-cultural and physical parameters that make up the wider landscapes they are a part of: notions of identity and its formation and transmission, social structure and stratification, topography and climate, and material structural properties. Altogether this allows for the development of a deeper and more holistic understanding of the relationship between building and living, of how physical and socio-cultural parameters integrate and influence the construction of houses, and how these all come together in the building traditions that are both shaped by us and shape us.
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Onurlu, Sema. "Symbol Space And Meaning In Hittite Architecture." Master's thesis, METU, 2005. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12604911/index.pdf.
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The importance of the Hittites derives from the fact that they were an organized central power extending over a large territory within which a number of societies maintained their language, culture and traditions. The archaeological findings of Hattusha, the Hittite capital reveal that the city had reached its maximum limits during the Great Kingdom period and the most magnificient and monumental buildings of the city are dated to this period. Yazilikaya, the open air sanctuary which reached to its final form during the Great Kingdom period too, is an outstanding example of the many temples constructed in Hattusha that belong to different periods and the dimensions of which are quite dfferent from each other. Among the archaeological findings of Hattusha, the royal archives are other important material evidence as they transmit us the Hittites'perception of the cosmos. However, understanding the antique world which is at a "
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both historaiclly and conceptually is not an easy task. In this context, rethinking and reinterpreting the meaning attributed to Yazilikaya, th eopen air sanctuary, can only be achieved by considering the political, architectural and religious aspects together. This study is an attempt to reinterpret the material knowledge by drawing the appropriate limits of this knowledge with a contextual approach.
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Tsivos, Sofia. "An Ancient Translation : Lexical and cultural aspects in a text about the Lullingstone Roman Villa." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-14336.
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Abstract This study deals with the translation of the second part of the English Heritage guidebook Lullingstone Roman Villa (2009), written by Pete Wilson. The analysis focuses on the translation of terms and other vocabulary items within the fields of archaeology and architecture, as well as how to deal with cultural aspects. The theoretical framework for the analysis is based on models by Vinay & Darbelnet (1995), Newmark (1981, 1988) and Ingo (2007). The two most common translation procedures in the translation of terms and other vocabulary items were literal translation and transference. However, equivalence and omission were other procedures put to use when dealing with lexical aspects. When it comes to the translation of references to cultural aspects, alterations are sometimes needed in order to adapt the target text to its target group. Consequently, Vinay & Darbelnet’s adaptation procedure was put to use in a number of cases. However, the most common way of translating cultural aspects was in the form of couplets (Newmark 1988:91), more precisely transference of certain proper nouns coupled with a functional or descriptive equivalent, out of which the former was most common. Various forms of additions were also used in several cases, and an omission was put to use in one particular case. Throughout the translation process, parallel texts proved to be of great help.
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Makin, Douglas. "Zone-Decorated Pots at the Hatch Site (44Pg51): a Late Woodland Manifestation of an Ancient Tradition." W&M ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1550154002.
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Excavated in the 1970s and 80s by Lefty Gregory, the Hatch site is arguably among the most significant precolonial archaeology sites in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Though the collection sat in storage for decades, it recently became accessible to researchers. The thorough excavation combined with abundant radiocarbon data allow the historical narrative of this magnificent site to come into focus. an unusual place, hidden in a remote location, the Hatch site witnessed at least 600 years of regularly occurring ritualized gatherings. These gatherings involved the sacrifice and internment of dogs as well as elaborate feasts on both estuarine and terrestrial resources. This study focuses on the ornate zone-decorated pottery found at the Hatch site. This unusual ceramic type originated in the Delaware River Valley during the second half of the Middle Woodland period. It appeared at the Hatch site during the Late Woodland period when Native people used it in the largest and most elaborate of these feasting rituals. This thesis presents the precolonial history of the Hatch site and discusses the place of zone-decorated pots within this narrative.
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Khan, Zishann. "Origin and Architecture of Deep-water Levee Deposits: Insight from the Ancient Rock Record and Experiments." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/20494.
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Although levee deposits make up a significant part of modern and ancient deep-marine slope systems, details of their internal lithological composition and stratal architecture remain poorly documented. At the Castle Creek study area, strata of the Neoproterozoic Isaac Formation (Windermere Supergroup) crop out superbly in a kilometre-scale section through a sinuous deep-water channel-levee system (ICC3).
Levee deposits near the outer bend of the channel consist of sandstone-rich (sandstone-to-mudstone ratio of 68:42), medium- to thick-bedded turbidites interstratified with thinly-bedded turbidites. Structureless sandstone (Ta), planar laminated sandstone (Tb), non-climbing ripple cross-stratified sandstone (Tc) and massive and laminated siltstone (Td) are common. Thick beds generally thicken and then thin and fine laterally over about 300 m. Thin-bedded strata, in contrast, thin and fine negligibly over similar distances. In the distal part of the outer-bend levee (up to 700 m laterally away from the channel) strata consist predominantly of thin-bedded Tcd turbidites with a much lower sandstone-to-mudstone ratio (35:65). On the opposite side of the channel, inner-bend levee deposits are mudstone-rich, locally as low as 15:85, and consist mostly of thin-bedded, Tcd turbidites, although thicker-bedded, Ta-d turbidites are more common in the lower part of the section. Lateral thinning and fining of beds is more rapid than their outer-bend counterpart.
Levee deposits of ICC3 comprise three stacked decametre-scale upward-thinning and -fining successions. Each is interpreted to record a depositional history consisting of lateral channel migration, levee deposition, channel filling, and distal levee deposition. During the early stage of increasing levee relief it is proposed that the termini of individual beds progressively backstep towards the channel margin resulting in an overall lateral thinning of the stratal profile. This interpretation notably contrasts the common assumption that levee morphology is the result of the vertical stacking of beds that dip.
In addition to field studies, laboratory experiments were conducted to determine the depositional threshold of non-climbing ripple cross-stratification, which is common in levee strata of ICC3. It was determined that non-climbing ripples form when bed aggradation rates are less than 0.015 cm/sec, and most probably in flows made up of poorly sorted sediment.
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Boutsikas, Efrosyni. "Astronomy and ancient Greek cult : an application of archaeoastronomy to Greek religious architecture, cosmologies and landscapes." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/7566.
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This thesis examines the relationship between ancient Greek religion, cult practice, sanctuary buildings and astronomy. Its geographical range extends across the modern territory of Greece; chronologically it covers the thirteenth to second centuries BC, from a period before the development of self-standing religious architecture to the most important phases of temple construction. Data was collected from 125 structures, giving priority to sacred structures but also considering ‘secular’ buildings (hypostyle halls and stoas; for stoas, the extent of the interior illuminated by the sun at different times of year is calculated, to show the significance of orientation in conjunction with function). The hypothesis that there is an astronomical orientation in Greek religious structures is tested, and the data sample divided by geographic location, date of construction, and deity (distinguishing chthonic and ouranic cults). Case studies (Apollo at Delphi, Artemis Orthia at Sparta and Messene, the Erechtheion at Athens, Demeter and Kore at Eleusis, and a number of Thesmophoria) are presented in order to examine the sample in detail, taking into account mythology, cult, rites and the local total perceived environment (land, sky and horizon). The analysis shows that religious structures were, in at least some prominent cases, oriented towards stars and constellations, not the solar range as has often been claimed. Celestial bodies were significantly integrated with the cyclical ceremonies associated with a temple, the rites performed, and the deity’s attributes. This complex association of the night sky and landscape influenced the design, planning and orientation of religious buildings. This study advances understanding of the role of landscapes in Greek religious practice, establishes the importance of astronomy and cosmology in ancient Greek religion, and demonstrates how this religious system was expressed at the local level in myths and the performance of cult rites.
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Millington, John Justin. "Morphology and architecture of confined-to-unconfined flow transitions in modern and ancient deep-marine systems." Thesis, University of Leicester, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/35071.
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Confined-to-unconfined flow transitions in deep-marine systems occur in areas where either a submarine channel passes into a depositional sheet/lobe or a submarine canyon passes into a submarine channel or basin plain. Transition zones are areas of complex interplay between erosive and depositional processes. Much recent research has concentrated on submarine channels or depositional lobes. This thesis attempts to identify characteristic features and deposits associated with zones of confined-to-unconfined flow transition. GLORIA sidescan data from the Bering Sea is studied here in detail to investigate the role of basin configuration in relation to the development of different styles of transition zone within a modern deep-sea environment. A high-resolution study of the channel-mouth of the Petit Rhone Channel in the NW Mediterranean reveals that channel-mouth areas are candidates for an hydraulic jump to occur (Komar 1971). Breaks-in-slope (up to 3) occur in the mouth of the Petit Rhone Channel and have produced a characteristic channel- mouth erosion facies associated with increased flow turbulence. This study used ancient analogues from the Eocene Hecho Supergroup (Mutti et al. 1989) to make detailed investigations into facies and facies associations in areas of inferred transition from channel-to-lobe and from canyons-to-slope. All but one of the turbidite systems of the Hecho Supergroup exhibit submarine channel development The Arro Sandbody does not exhibit features characteristic of a submarine channel deposit. A detailed study of this system illustrates the importance of structural control on turbidite fan development. Uplift in the shelf region associated with the Arro Sandbody may have produced a break-in-slope in the canyon area which allowed flows to become highly turbulent due to hydraulic jump conditions. Other turbidite systems of the Hecho Supergroup exhibit vertical facies variation from a highly erosive facies at the base of the sections to a more depositional facies higher in the sequences. This temporal facies variation can be attributed to slope degradation processes active contemporaneous with sedimentation acting to reduce slope angle and breaks-in-slope. This inferred change in topographic conditions is thought to have direct relevance to transition zone processes. In conclusion, conceptual frameworks for transition zones have been developed, both for modern deep-marine systems and ancient deep-marine systems. The data collected in this study indicates that young fan systems with irregular sea-floor topography, are more likely to develop erosive facies and faces associations in transition zone areas as the irregular topography can cause turbidity flows to hydraulically jump. More mature systems tend to have a smooth sea-floor topography, and this produces more gradual transition zone facies as flows tend not to hydraulically jump.
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Scahill, David. "The South Stoa at Corinth : design, construction and function of the Greek phase." Thesis, University of Bath, 2012. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.558903.
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The focus of this dissertation is the design, construction and function of the South Stoa at Corinth in its initial phase. The South Stoa was first published in a monograph by Oscar Broneer in 1954.1 In addition to dealing with the Greek and Roman phases of the building, Broneer’s study also dealt with the “pre-stoa” remains. Certain aspects of the architecture of the stoa, however, were either treated only briefly or were entirely left out of the publication. While it was one of the first attempts at a full study of a secular Greek building, several conclusions deserve re-evaluation, including the date of construction and the design of the building in its initial phase, which has an impact on subsequent phases of remodeling, the function of the building, as well as its place in the historical development of stoas. Re-evaluation of the in situ remains of the stoa combined with newly identified architectural fragments of the building, particularly from the superstructure, provide important evidence to suggest an alternative reconstruction to that previously put forward. This new reconstruction is presented as the most likely solution, in awareness of the possibility that future finds may give rise to modification. As will be shown, the staircases inside the first and last front rooms of the stoa do not belong to the initial building phase as previously thought, but instead date to the Roman period, while evidence in the form of foundations and cuttings for a staircase inside the colonnade at the west end of the stoa, dated prior to 146 B.C., belongs to the initial phase of the building and calls for an entirely different interior reconstruction. The date of the stoa, which has fluctuated from sometime after the middle of the fourth century B.C. (340-320 B.C.) to the early decades of the third century B.C., can now be more precisely determined in view of recent examination of pottery deposits from beneath the stoa terrace, which was built prior to the stoa’s construction. These deposits have been dated between 300-290 B.C., which would push the date of the stoa’s construction to the beginning decades of the third century B.C. This has considerable bearing on the early development of Hellenistic stoas and on the stylistic chronology of several other buildings built around the end of the fourth century B.C. Having resolved aspects of the reconstruction and situated the stoa chronologically, the focus of this study moves on to design considerations, including examination of the proportions and of the ancient foot unit used in the design of the building. Construction and statics of the building are also considered.
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Stair, Joseph S. "DOMESTIC MEGALITHIC ARCHITECTURE: AN ANALYSIS OF STATUS AND COMMUNITY AT AND AROUND THE ANCIENT MAYA SITE OF UCI, YUCATAN, MEXCIO." UKnowledge, 2014. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/anthro_etds/13.
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Variation in domestic architecture results from the agency households exercise in their daily lives. This study defines the domestic expression of the megalithic architectural style, based on data collected in and around the ancient Maya site of Ucí, Yucatan, Mexico, by comparing it to its expression in monumental structures. It also shows how the analysis and documentation of architectural variability away from the monumental core can locate more than just commoners and elites within the social organization of the Ancient Maya. This analyzes provides evidence for higher social status for households that possess megalithic architecture since they also possess larger platform volumes and more structures in a compound than non-megalithic groups. Concentration of megalithic platforms also indicate potential communities that often share similar orientation ranges. The diversity in style, size, and quality of stones in domestic settings provide archaeologists with clues to how these households differentially utilized their social, economic, and political resources reflecting the degree of power possessed by each household in relation to each other, the larger community, and beyond. The methodology used here can be replicated for other stone architectures, providing a means by which to differentiate households of similar construction on attributes other than size.
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LESK, ALEXANDRA L. "A DIACHRONIC EXAMINATION OF THE ERECHTHEION AND ITS RECEPTION." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1108170608.
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Barry, Marie Porterfield. "Lesson 04: Death and Mourning in the Prehistoric and Ancient World." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2020. https://dc.etsu.edu/art-appreciation-oer/5.
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This lesson covers death and mourning in the prehistoric and ancient world by discussing related art and architecture including, but not limited to, Varna Necropolis, The Flood Tablet / The Gilgamesh Tablet, Ziggurat in Uruk, Royal Tombs of Ur, Great Pyramids of Giza, Tomb of King Tutankhamun, and Book of the Dead of Hunefer.
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Marshman, Amy G. "Ancient Puebloan Human Effigy Vessels: An Examination of Iconography and Tradition." VCU Scholars Compass, 2016. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/4174.
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This dissertation provides an iconographic interpretation of a group of Ancient Puebloan human effigy vessels and fragments from the American Southwest, dating to the Pueblo II period, c. 900 -1150 CE. Initially, this project focuses on Ancient Puebloan human effigy vessels from three specific collections; a single vessel in the collection of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., a human effigy vessel in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History in New York, and the so-called Putnam Human Effigy Jar from Chaco Canyon at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University. This study interprets these three vessels primarily as expressive sculptural forms, as opposed to ritual or utilitarian objects.
Stylistically and formally, these vessels are similar to several other human effigy vessels attributed to the Ancient Puebloan tradition. Two catalogs have been compiled for this study. Catalog A consists of Ancient Puebloan style human effigy. Catalog B presents comparable human effigy vessels created in a variety of ancient Southwestern styles, related to, but considered distinct from the Ancient Puebloan style. Formal and iconographic similarities between human effigy vessels in these cultures and the Ancient Puebloan culture suggest a shared cultural phenomenon, or, at the very least, is evidence of regional cultural relationships. Similar human effigy vessels can also be found outside of the ancient Greater Southwest in Precolumbian cultures. Of particular scholarly interest is the nature of the perceived relationship between the Ancient Puebloan tradition and the cultures of Casas Grandes, West Mexico, and Mesoamerica. The analysis of these three vessels and their associated tradition provides additional insight into this on-going scholarly discussion.
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Driver, William David. "The construction of intrapolity sociopolitical identity through architecture at the ancient Maya site of Blue Creek, Belize /." Available to subscribers only, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1559848231&sid=11&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Akture, Zeynep. "A Typology Of Ancient Theatres In Modern Spain And Greece - A Geo-historical Approach." Phd thesis, METU, 2005. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12605994/index.pdf.
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This study offers an inquiry into the historical context of the invention, consolidation, and on-going popularity of the ancient theatre typology based on the Greek-Roman ‘
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Segura, Dobjanschi Nicolas. "Beauty and Politics, With Special Reference to Politics." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2019. https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/2112.
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The paper aims to examine the nature of the relationship between beauty and the city. I examined this relationship by first providing a summary of relevant philosophers and their thoughts concerning aesthetics. Second, I compared their thoughts to my own creating my own abstract framework. Third, I implemented my abstract framework through the lens of architecture. This art form is the most organic to study the relationship of beauty within the city because it merges elements characteristic of one’s being like political discourse with the longing for some type of excitement or stimulation which might transfigure one’s self to a higher understanding, something that can only be achieved by experiencing beauty. In other words, buildings and the spaces around them drive the way in which humans interact with each other and their surroundings. I found that the beautiful is desirable and at a point becomes essential to a person’s happiness. To achieve a sense of beauty within the city, the ruling class must possess practical wisdom. A type of knowledge that allows them to pursue the appropriate and promote a kind of creativity that not only respects tradition but also aims to unveil some new form of experience.
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Rosett, Isabelle George. "Voices of Ancient Women: Stories and Essays on Persephone and Medusa." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2017. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1008.
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This thesis combines art historical analysis and creative writing in a collection of essays and short stories centered on the myths of Persephone and Medusa. Ancient art, text, and context is considered in the essays, while the stories approach these subjects on a more contemporary and personal level.
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Sakarya, Ilham. "Defining Spatial Distribution Of Storage Vessels In Ancient Burgaz At The Fourth Century B.c." Master's thesis, METU, 2003. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/1253244/index.pdf.
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This research is an investigation of the spatial organization of household activities and especially the storage facilities in Ancient Burgaz. The four well-preserved houses at the Northeast Sector, their artefact assemblages which come from the final occupation floor level dated to the 4th century B.C., and the storage containers have been evaluated. The spatial distributions of the artefacts were studied through the use of quantitative methods with the objective of identifying storage spaces in Burgaz houses. The results of this quantitative analysis and the observations regarding Burgaz houses have been compared to other contemporary sites in ancient Aegean.
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Siepman, Halle Diane. "Tilted." Thesis, University of Iowa, 2015. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1755.
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Cabaret, Dominique-Marie. "L'urbanisme du nord de Jérusalem : du 2è s. av. au 2è s. ap. J.-C." Thesis, Paris 1, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019PA01H009.
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La «loi de persistance du plan», appliquée autrefois par J. Sauvaget à Damas, se montre féconde pour Jérusalem. Selon ce principe, l’analyse des quartiers septentrionaux de la ville délimités par le «deuxième mur», respectivement intra-muros et extra-muros à l’ouest et à l’est, en manifeste le réseau viaire originel et son évolution. Les récents progrès réalisés à propos de l’arpentage antique, confrontés à la reconsidération de l’arc de l’Ecce Homo, fonction et chronologie – une porte urbaine hérodienne plutôt qu’un arc de triomphe d’Hadrien –, mettent en évidence un urbanisme soigné conçu par Jean Hyrcan autour d’une patte d’oie centrée sur la porte septentrionale de la ville (l’actuelle porte de Damas). Hérode le Grand, dont les grands travaux ont tendance à occulter ce qui précède, dut composer avec l’urbanisme bien-pensé de Hyrcan, développant un nouveau quartier orthonormé au nord du temple, auquel l’arc de l’Ecce Homo donnait accès. Hadrien ne fit qu’embellir selon la mode de son époque, y ajoutant les organes vitaux d’une colonie romaine. Le grand forum d’Ælia fut dominé par le temple capitolin ad orientem. L’ancienne esplanade du temple juif fut transformée en aedes dédié au culte impérial : une statue équestre de l’empereur y trônait près du lieu le plus sacré du temple juif. L’histoire mouvementée de la ville ne parvint jamais à occulter le réseau viaire hasmonéen, encore utilisé de nos jours par les hiérosolymitains aux abords de la porte de DamasThe "law of persistence of the plan", formerly applied by J. Sauvaget in Damascus, is proving fruitful for Jerusalem. The analysis, according to this principle, of the northern districts of the city delimited by the "Second Wall", respectively intramural and extramural to the west and east, shows the original urban network and its evolution. Advances in the science of ancient surveying, coupled with the reconsideration of the function and dating of the Ecce Homo arch – a Herodian urban gate rather than a triumphal arch of Ælia Capitolina – highlight a careful urbanism designed by John Hyrcanos around a three ways junction centred on the northern gate of the city (the current Damascus gate). Herod the Great himself, whose major works tend to obscure the above, had to deal with the well-thought-out urban planning of the high priest, developing a new orthonormal district north of the Temple. Hadrian only embellished the whole according to the fashion of his time, adding the vital organs of a Roman colony. The great forum of Ælia was dominated by the Capitolin Temple ad orientem and the former esplanade of the Jewish Temple was transformed into an aedes dedicated to imperial cult: an equestrian statue of the emperor was enthroned near the most sacred place of the Jewish Temple. The city's eventful history never succeeded in obscuring the Hasmonaean road network, which is still used today by hierosolymitans around the Damascus Gate
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Kabuka, Mukhtar 1954. "The origin and development of domestic architecture and urban planning in the pre-Islamic Near East." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/558096.
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Barry, Kristin Marie. "The New Archaeological Museum: Reuniting Place and Artifact." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1212080498.
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Tan, Adrian Hadipriono. "While Stands the Colosseum: A Ground-Up Exploration of Ancient Roman Construction Techniques using Virtual Reality." The Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429228335.
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Östman, Leif E. "A pragmatist theory of design : The impact of the pragmatist philosophy of John Dewey on architecture and design." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Architecture, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-196.
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This study is an inquiry into design-theoretical aspects of architectural design in Finland based mainly on the pragmatist philosophy of John Dewey. The study comprises two case studies. The . rst case deals with a young family designing their future home – a detached house built from prefabricated components – in cooperation with an architect. The second case deals with the design process of a leading Finnish architect, Professor Ilmari Lahdelma, as he prepares his proposal for an architectural competition for a new city library in Lohja, a competition he eventually wins. The case describes and interprets Lahdelma’s design process, the processes of other competition entries made by the of. ce staff, as well as the process of the jury’s evaluation of the competition entries. The two cases are analysed and interwoven with aspects from three different theoretical perspectives: existing design theories, Pierre Bourdieu’s . eld theory and John Dewey’s thinking regarding art and research. In the study I argue that Dewey’s philosophy can provide a framework for a design-theoretical epistemology. I also arrive at conclusions regarding the interpretation of some key design-theoretical concepts and the position of design theory and its structures. I further argue that the Finnish architectural competition system is a strong tool for generating developments in the production of the architectural avant-garde, which acts as the leading light for the rest of the . eld of architecture. The present study also highlights the gap between ‘high-’ and ‘low culture’ in the . eld of architecture, yet points out that the design of a simple family house – assumedly a case of ‘low culture’ – is by no means trivial to the family itself, and is indeed . lled with moments of aesthetic experiences, which is a central issue in Dewey’s description of creative processes.
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Morrow, Giles. "Analyzing the invisible: an assessment of the applicability of space syntax analysis to ritual and domestic architecture at ancient Tiwanaku, Bolivia." Thesis, McGill University, 2009. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=66988.
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This thesis addresses the archaeological application of spatial syntax analysis to ritual and domestic architecture, focusing on the pre-Inka state of Tiwanaku in the highlands of South America. The pan-Andean tradition of ceremonial architecture known as the Sunken-Court is examined from both hermeneutic and quantitative perspectives. To test the practicality of the quantitative methods explored, topographic and geophysical prospection techniques were used to detect and visualize buried ritual and domestic architecture at the site of a non-elite residential sector of Tiwanaku known as Mollo Kontu. The potential of an archaeological methodology that combines geophysical and quantitative spatial analyses is then critically assessed in light of the survey results, suggesting the need for more nuanced qualitative approaches to the analysis of the ancient built environment.Cette thèse porte sur l'application d'une analyse spatial syntaxique sur l'architecture rituelle et domestique, avec focus sur l'état pré-Inka de Tiwanaku dans les hautes terres de l'Amérique du Sud. La tradition pan-Andine d'architecture cérémoniale connu sous le nom de Temple Semi-Souterrain est examinée avec une perspective herméneutique et quantitative. Pour tester la faisabilité des méthodes quantitatives explorées, des techniques de prospection topographiques et géophysiques ont été utilisées pour détecter et visualiser l'architecture rituelle et domestique enfouie dans une aire résidentielle non-élite de Tiwanaku, nommée Mollo Kontu. Le potentiel d'une méthodologie qui combine l'analyse spatiale géophysique à une analyse quantitative est ensuite jugé de façon critique à la lumière des résultats de prospection, et suggère ainsi le besoin d'ajouter une approche qualitative nuancée à l'analyse d'anciens environnements construits.
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Steuer, Carl P. "An architectural investigation into some aspects of ancient Japanese metaphysics and their application in the design of a crematorium in an allegedly haunted building in Savannah, Georgia." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23017.
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