ARCHITECTURE 



ARCHITECTURE 



OUTLINE AND QUESTIONS ON ARCHITECTURE 



Outline 



I. \\ l.:tl It I 



(1) An art 



(2) A science 



II. \\ ii:n Good Architecture Means 



(1) Beautiful buildings 



(2) Suitable buildings 



(3) Useful buildings 



III. Development of Architecture* 



(1) Earliest forms 



(a) Egyptian 

 1. Dignity 



(b) Babylonian and Assyrian 



1. Material 



2. Style 



(c) Greek 



1. Sense of proportion 



2. Avoidance of harsh lines 



3. Three types of columns 



(d) Roman 

 1. Arch 



(2) Latin styles 



(a) Byzantine 

 (2) Later styles 



(b) Romanesque 



(c) Gothic 



1. Pointed arch 



(d) Renaissance 



IV. Modern Problems 



(1) Home-building 



(2) "Sky-scrapers" 



Questions 



If you wished to build a home should you consider it wise to draw up your plans 

 and turn them over to a building contractor? 



What three demands must every perfectly successful building fulfil? 



What is the greatest debt which later architecture owes to the Greeks? 



In what style of architecture is the capitol of your state or province? 



How can you recognize Gothic architecture infallibly? 



What is regarded as the most perfect building ever constructed? , 



May an architect be a "pure artist," or must he have a definite knowledge of 

 certain material things? 



In what suggestive manner did Goethe define architecture? 



Have you ever seen a building which seemed to you to fit this definition? Do 

 most of the houses, stores or churches which you pass? 



What are some of the difficulties which the architect of a modern sky-scraper 

 has to overcome? 



The Woolworth Building is 750 feet high and weighs 360,000,000 pounds. Is it 

 as tall as the greatest pyramid? Does it weigh as much? 



What were the distinguishing marks of Egyptian architecture? 



What was the great architectural achievement of the Romans? 



Did the architects of the eighteenth or nineteenth century develop any new style 

 of architecture? 



Could the Romans have built their great bridges and aqueducts if they had never 

 developed any new architectural form? 



What are Cleopatra's needles? 



What was the building material of the Babylonians and Assyrians? 



Who was the architect of the dome of Saint Peter's? 



Is there in Europe any good example of Mohammedan architecture? 



What is a clerestory? An apse? 



How did Emerson describe Gothic architecture? 



