2. Prehistoric Architecture
Built from two basic human drives:
aggression and spirituality
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Walls of Jericho, ~8000 BCE
Stonehenge, ~ 3000 BCE
3. Urban Revolution
• Civilization = the art of living in cities
• Began in Mesopotamia
Ruins of Ur, with
Ziggurat in
background,
~3800 BCE
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4. Egypt
Religion:
– Polytheistic
– Pharaoh was god-king
– Goal: uphold Ma’at
(truth,
balance,
order)
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5. Pyramids
• Tombs for pharaohs
built at Memphis
• Contained mummified
corpse and his
possessions
• Provided for immortality
• Statement of political power
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6. Mastabas
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7. Stepped Pyramid
• Built for
Djoser
(Zoser) at
Saqqara
• Architect:
Imhotep
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8. Bent Pyramid
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9. Great Pyramid
Built for Cheops at Giza
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10. Giza
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11. Sphinx
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12. Mortuary Temples
• Built at Thebes (now called Luxor)
• Separate from tomb (tombs cut into
cliffs to protect graves from robbers)
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13. Hatshepsut’s
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Osiris
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14. Temple of
Karnak
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15. Temple of
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16. Conclusion
• Pyramids: Ultimate simplicity
• Temples: Gaudy excess
• Common Thread: Obsession with
death
