History of Architecture PDF
History of Architecture PDF
History of Architecture PDF
INTRODUCTION
PRIMITIVE (early age) History tells us how we were and how we
changed to survive as the time passed.
ARCHITECTURE History is a bridge that connects us to our
future.
Unless we know how our past was , we will
never know how our future is going to be.
BY:
Ar. Sukhman Chawla.
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Not restricted to any particular geographical No written record from the prehistoric period
region Information is gathered from scientific studies of
Occurred in different localities, prehistoric objects
Many academic disciplines are interested in
Usually close to sources of food, near rivers
studying human civilization- archeology,
paleontology, anthropology etc
The disciplines study prehistoric objects
They provide information about civilizations
based on studies
Vocabulary
Prehistoric Architecture
Stone age Neolithic: the “new” Stone Age (8,000 – 2300 BCE), which marked
Paleolithic (Old Stone Age )- appeared first in Africa the beginnings of monumental (extremely large) architecture
Savage and are marked by the steady development of stone
tools corbeled vault: a vault formed by the piling of stone blocks in
Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age )- period of the Stone horizontal courses, cantilevered inward until the two walls meet in an
Age intermediate between the Paleolithic and the arch
Barbarian
Neolithic periods, characterized by adaptation to
hunting, collecting, and fishing economy based on the post and lintel: one of the earliest methods of architectural
use of forest, lakeside, and seashore environments. construction in which two posts (sometimes called “uprights”) support
a lintel (horizontal beam which rests across the top)
Neolithic (New Stone Age) - characterized by the
development of agriculture and the making of polished
megalith: a large stone used in the construction of a prehistoric
stone implements.
structure
Bronze Age
Iron Age Cromlech: a circle of megaliths, as at Stonehenge
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Temporary Structures
Cave at Lascaux France
Hut at Terra Amata, France
Question
Early stone people constructed temporary
Why did early stone
age people adopt art
shelters using available materials
as a tool of One of earliest known example discovered in
expression? 1966 at Terra Amata in France
Explanation can be Dates back to 400,000 years
found in constant
struggle between life Oval in shape and constructed of tree
and death for survival branches
Art provides a means
to explore the
struggle
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Temporary Structures
Example from the Modern World
Architecture of the Civilization
The Lapp Tent Mud Construction
The Lapp tenth Gradual improvement
shows the use of in technology led to
animal skins mud construction and
architecture
Prehistoric Architecture
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Trilithons
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THANK YOU!!
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