Chapter 11 "Understanding Art, 9e"

1. Chapter 11 Architecture 0

2. The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own, we have no soul of our own civilization. – Frank Lloyd Wright 0

8. Figure 11.1, p.216 : Cliff Dwellings, Mesa Verde, Colorado (Native American, Pre-Columbian).

9. Figure 11.2a, p.217 : Post-and-lintel construction. Post-and-Lintel Construction

10. Post-and-Lintel Construction

11. Figure 11.3, p.218 : Walls of Fortress of Machu Picchu, Urubamba Valley, Peru (Incan, 1490–1530). Dry Masonry

12. Figure 11.4, p.218 : Temple of Amen-Re, Karnak (Egyptian, XVIII dynasty, 1570–1342 BCE). Stone as a favored material

14. Figure 11.2b, p.217 : Rounded arches enclosing square bay. Rounded and Pointed Arches

15. Figure 11.2c, p.217 : Pointed arches enclosing rectangular bay.

16. Figure 11.5, p.219 : EERO SAARINEN. Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, Gateway Arch, St. Louis, MO (1966).

19. Figure 11.2d, p.217: Tunnel or barrel vault.

20. Figure 11.2e, p.217 : Groin vault.

21. Figure 11.2f, p.217 : Groin vault showing ribs that carry greatest loads.

22. Figure 11.2g, p.217: Flying buttress.

25. Figure 11.2h, p.217: Dome.

26. Figure 11.2j, p.217: Geodesic dome.

27. Figure 11.22, p.231: BUCKMINSTER FULLER. United States Pavilion, Expo 67, Montreal (1967).

28. See Stupa of Sanchi (ch. 17)

32. Figure 11.7a, p.222 : Post-and-beam construction.

34. Figure 11.7b, p.222 : Trusses.

36. Figure 11.7c, p.222 : Balloon framing.

37. Figure 11.9, p.223 : Cape Cod–style houses built by Levitt & Sons, Levittown, NY (c. 1947–1951).

39. Figure 11.10, p.224 : Engraving of Sir Joseph Paxton’s Crystal Palace, London (1851).

40. Figure 11.11, p.224 : GUSTAVE EIFFEL. Eiffel Tower, Paris (1889).

42. Figure 11.12, p.225 : Steel-cage construction.

43. Figure 11.13, p.225 : Louis Sullivan. Wainwright Building, St. Louis, MO (1890).

45. Fig. 11-16 p. 227 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT. Kaufmann House (“Fallingwater”), Bear Run, PA (1936).

46. Fig. 11-17 p.227 MOSHE SAFDIE. Habitat, Expo 67, Montreal (1967).

48. Figure 11.18, p.228 : JOHN A. ROEBLING. Brooklyn Bridge, New York (1869–1883).

50. Figure 11.22, p.231: BUCKMINSTER FULLER. United States Pavilion, Expo 67, Montreal (1967).