ISU Visual Assignment

8/13/2019 ISU Visual Assignment

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My Visual Essay

My Visual Essay is on Architecture.Architecture has changed a lotthrough the ages, some styles were

kept and some were scrapped.


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Sub-Topic #1: Ancient Architecturevs. Modern Architecture


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Ancient architecture is definitely a beautiful thing. It was structurallystrong and stable, also very pleasing to the eye.

[ The Roman Coliseum located in the center of Rome ]


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But on the other hand,

Modernized buildingstend to have Verydazzling attributes. Theyoften can seem unstableat a first glance, but areusually some of the moststableof buildingsbecause of the basicallysolid glass costructionsand strong steelconnectors holding the

Buildings in one piece.[ The CcTv HeadquartersLocated in Beijing China ]


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Although ancient architecture looks nice and intimidating,it is more often than some times; quite unstable and weak

due to the solid concrete constructions of the buildings.

[ The Tempio di Poseidone (Temple of Posidon) located in Greece ]


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Sub-Topic #2: Techniques ofarchitectural design that havepassed on through the ages.


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In architectural design, there are many techniques that were used to make buildingsstrong and pleasing to the eye. The diagram before you is one showing the ''

GoldenRatio'' is a math term that architecture's use to decide the ratio of buildingareas to make the buildings pleasing to the eye. [ The Parthenon in greece (an

example of the golden ratio ) ]


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The golden ratio is

also used a ton inthe architecture oftoday. The golden

ratio is a prettycomplicated math

thing that you willlearn in grade 12,so i don't really

want to bore youwith the details...[ The golden ratio

being implementedin two modern

structures ]


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Another big technique of architectural design is arches. Archeswere mainly used for support on large buildings instead of solidwalls. However, arches in the modern day are usually used tonice looks to buildings while at the same time, adding strength.

[ A building using arches for luster over stability ]


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Sub-Topic #3: Styles and Techniques

that were once implemented almost allthe time, but are now less popular.


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For one, we have pillars. Used mostly in ancient Greece, ancientRome and ancient Egypt was a very beautiful factor in architecture

however often lead to collapses of large ancient buildings.[ Collapsed building in Pompeii city ]


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Throughout the eras of ancient architecture, there have been manydifferent kinds / styles of pillars and building that were sort of

trending at certain times. They went from stacks of cylindrical slabsof concrete, to intricate vertical line patterns, all the way to smooth

simple looking one-piece pillars.[ Diagram of ancient pillar styles. ]


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Crenelations (or battlements)the jagged things on top of castleswereused almost all of the time in ancient Scotland. Battlements were used

by archers in battles and wars to shoot from without exposing theirbodies. Of course now not a lot of battler are raging on so they are not

really implemented at all.

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