LARCH 060

Thursday, January 21st, 1999
Announcements: Final exam will be on Tuesday, May 4 from 10:10-11:00am

Lecture notes:

ANCIENT ROME (700BC.-200AD.):

Land/Environment:

• Neutralized
• Commodity: things were bought and sold

Socio-cultural Milieu:

• "Here and Now" approach as opposed to the Greek's "ideal"
• Empires were built based on power
• Wanted to make history
• Tight social and political organization
• Technological innovation
• Established long roads to move the troops
• Recorded history in columns
• Expanded cities from the center

Design Expression:

• Organized, orderly and had much innovation
• Bold and powerful
• Axial and symmetrical

Applications:

• Built roads and walls
• Triumphal arches
• Baths were very common
• Fora/forum
• Many sports and recreation sites such as the Panthenon and Roman Fora