MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTURE

Egypt
Unit 1

Monumental architecture is buildings and structures valued because of the meaning and purposes behind them. Such as the pyramids used as tombs for Pharaohs. It was like respect for the ruler. It was to remember someone special.

MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTURE OF EGYPT

• Pyramids
• Used as burial chambers

PYRAMIDS

• Still standing today
• Place for Pharaoh to Rest After Death
• Tomb robbers remove bodies and funeral goods

Great Sphinx

The Great Sphinx is said to be 45 thousand years old. For years it was half buried by sand. The Sphinx is about 150 feet long. It stares at the rising sun.

England
Unit 3

Monumental architecture is important because of the meaning and use of the building. In England the castles were special. Also cathedrals were valuable. The purpose and meaning was what made something so special.

MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTURE OF ENGLAND

• White Tower, Durham Cathedral
• White Tower- castle
• Durham Cathedral- Church/temple

DURHAM CATHEDRAL

• In Durham
• Place of worship

Globe theater

The globe theater was round with a stage in the middle. Many of Shakespeare's plays were shown here, for the first time. In 1613 a fire damaged it, it was destroyed in the english civil war. It was later rebuilt near its first location. The building was Elizabethan English Vernacular style.

Closing

Both Egypt and England architecture could be used as a place of rest or religion. The palaces and castles in England seem to have more color and specific designs. In Egypt it is not as fancy, but the structures seem larger and more interesting.

England and Egypt

The purpose of monumental architecture is to not only to be used for the specific reason, but monumental architecture represents that culture or group of people. Both England and Egypt fulfilled that purpose, during that time period.