Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome severed as a catalyst the spreading of art and civilization.  they were the greatest power west of china at the time. They ruled spreading from the Persian gulf to Spain and from north Africa to Britain. it was one of the largest empires in western civilization. One of the most iconic piece of architecture from the roman empire is the Colosseum. This was a stadium made of cement and stone. The stadium seated 50,000 people. events held in the Colosseum were things such a gladiator fights. The signature pieces of roman interior design are Mosaics, stucco, frescoes, ornamentation, patterned floors, flat and vaulted ceilings.


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Ancient Greek

Ancient Greece was in the beginning of western ideas and culture. They were masters of philosophy, science, fine arts, geography, medicine, legal systems and astronomy. Greece is mountainous Peninsula surrounded by 3 seas. They were composed of my many competing communities called city states. There climate is composed of hot summers and bitter winters. They had great access to  marble which they used a lot in their amazing architecture. The Greek contributed a great feature to the architecture world which was there Greek Orders the Doric, Ionic and Corinthian columns are the most common orders. The most important surviving architecture of Greece is Parthenon. The Parthenon is a ancient temple on the Athenian Acropolis. Dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena. They Greek drove for perfection. We learned a lot about the furniture and and lifestyle from there pottery and wall art. 

From Ancient Greece 

Acropolis Athens Greece 

 

Greek pottery 

Interior 

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Peer Review for ancient civilation

I reviewed Alexandrea I liked how she talked about the pyramids, we didn't talk about them in class and I thought it was a good example of how monumental architecture they created. she also talked furniture that they were more designed to fit the body which I thing is a good point. I also reviewed Tara I liked how she added modern architecture that was inspired by the Egyptians. I also liked how we talked about the symbolism of the wild plant life and animal life and how they used in there art, furniture and architecture.

Ancient Cilvilization

During the time period of ancient civilization the civilizations that made the most advances in this time period was the Egyptians, Mesopotamia and Nubia. I would like to scope in on the Egyptians. it is truly uncreditable how many advances the Egyptians made to civilization. They created  a lot thinks that influence furniture and living today such as the folding chair, beds and the arts. The Nile river was a great influence of housing and food. it also made trading with other civilizations.


From the period





The first picture depicts a tomb with a lot wall art and gold. The second picture is an ancient temple with a lot sculptures.


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both pictures have the wall art but the first one has the color scheme and artifacts.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdtgX9ORiW4

peer review for prehistoric period

I reviewed Haley and Emma. I liked that how Haley mentioned what interested her the most and that caves homes were just recently discovered and not found before that. I also liked that how she showed pictures of modern cave homes. I also reviewed Emma's blog I liked how she mentioned that they had creativity, which is something I kind of looked over that but it makes sense because they had to use what they had. all in all I thing that the two people I reviewed did a good job.

prehistoric period

The prehistoric period in design is problem the hardest period to study because we have no written proof of what happen or how they lived. We study the artifacts and make general conclusions from what we find, where we find it and etc.. that being said we have found many things that helps has image what life could have been like, such as wood and stone figures that make us assume that they had some kind of belief in a high power. Patterns and design were displayed in weaving of blankets, baskets, rugs and clothing. They displayed there colors and patterns in a purposeful way to represent society, tribal groups and loyalties. In the prehistoric period man-kind was very resourceful of the things that were around them when it came to homes, homes in the artic were igloos, in the Sahara desert were underground to keep warm and furniture was rarely used. They had a sense of community because homes were found in groups yet they still had a feel of individual family. They organized their homes where centered around the fire pit. The prehistoric period was mostly a design period of basic needs and making the most of what they have.

From the prehistoric period

Skara-trae Neolithic village in Scotland. This is an individual family home centered around the fire pit.



this a portray of life in the prehistoric period. They lived in caves and drew artwork on the walls.

Examples from today's design

homes today are still created from caves. This is still any example of a dinning room


This is another example of a home made out of a cave this is an example of a bedroom.