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Introduction
HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE REFERENCES

What are the board exams like? 1. Ching, Francis D.K., A Visual Dictionary
Dic tionary of Architecture

1. Memorization is necessary – you must remember many 2. Fletcher, Bannister, A History of Architecture 20th Ed.
facts
3. Mercado, Jose L., The Architectural Reviewer Volume
2. Wide in Scope – from pre-historic to m odern styles III: History & Theory of Architecture

3. Repetitive – questions from previous exams are reused
4. History amounts to only around 10% of your total score
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4. Salvan, George S., Architectural Character & the History
of Architecture
5. The Children’s Atlas of W orld History

6. The World Atlas of Architecture

OUR METHOD OF STUDYING HISTORY: DEFINITIONS

To try not to m emorize… but to understand History of Architecture

• "It is a record of man's effort to build beautifully. It traces
e History is not a list of facts… it is a story that can be retold the origin, growth and decline of architectural styles which
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2. Arch & Vault Construction
3. Corbel or Cantilever Construction
4. Trussed Construction
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Introduction

The Historical
Timeline of Architecture

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Pre-Historic Greek Roman Early Christian Romanesque Gothic Renaissance 18th -19th C: 20th C:
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The Historical
Timeline of Architecture

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Pre-historic
• Humans spread from Africa into Southern Europe, Asia
• Could not settle far north due to the cold
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• From Siberia by foot into North Am erica
• From Southeast Asia by boat into Australia

• Before 9000 BC, nomadic life of hunting & food gathering

• By 9000 BC, farming and agriculture was practiced
• Fertile soil and plentiful food
• Animal domestication for work, m ilk, wool

• People wanted to settle down, live in comm unities

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NEAR EAST r INFLUENCES America, India and China
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• The success of the human race was largely due to the RELIGION
development of tools – made of stone, wood, bone • No organized religion
• The dead are treated with respect - burial rituals and
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