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2 Unit 2 Architecture of Ancient Times
2.1 Pretext exercises
2.1.1 Warming-up
1) What wonders of the world do you know?
2) What is the only remained wonder of the world?
3) Who is supposed to be the first named architect?
2.1.2 Read the words. Pay attention to the letters in italics
[ou] stone, most, post, Roman, noble, also, lotus, old, devote, progress
[u] wood, took, room
[au] outstanding, throughout, power, without
[ou] known, show, low, load
2.1.3 Read the following words. Mind their meaning
сraftsman
funerary
post-and-lintel
corbel vault
vaulting
capital
steeply battered pylon
incised relief
feature
outstanding
ремесленник
погребальный, траурный
стоечно-балочная
ложный свод
свод; возведение свода
капитель
сильно суженный кверху пилон
резной рельефный орнамент
черта, свойство; отличаться
выдающийся
spectacular
large-scale
divinity
prosperous
excellence
refinement
эффектный, захватывающий
крупномасштабный
божество
процветающий
высокое качество, мастерство
усовершенствование
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durable
прочный, долговечный
blossoming
encouragement
mortuary
pillar
ramp
successor
2.1.4 Read the following verbs. Mind their meaning. Pay attention to the
principal forms
to draw(drew; drawn)
to achieve(-ed; -ed)
to invent(-ed; -ed)
to remain(-ed; -ed)
расцвет
поощрение
погребальный
столб, колонна, пилон
скат, уклон, наклонная плоскость
последователь, наследник
тащить, тянуть; приближать
достигать
изобретать
оставаться
to survive(-ed; -ed)
to begin(began, begun)
to erect(-ed; -ed)
to cover(-ed; -ed)
to devote(-ed; -ed)
to take(took; taken) place
to revive(-ed; -ed)
выжить, уцелеть, сохраниться
начинать
воздвигать
покрывать
посвящать
происходить
возрождать
2.1.5 Find proper Russian words with the same roots as the following English
words:
Egypt, period, patronage, technique, metal, progress, massive, monument, construction,
arch, pyramids, column, cornice, characteristic, obelisk, symbolical, material, relief,
colonnade, universal, traditional, style, elegant, gigantic
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2.1.6 Choose the proper English word:
1) капитель
2) свойство
3) крупномасштабный
4) процветающий
5) расцвет
6) усовершенствование
7) прочный
8) свод
9) ремесленник
10) эффективный
a) vault
a) feature
a) large-scale
a) outstanding
a) linking
a) refinement
a) tremendous
a) construction
a) artist
a) spectacular
b) colonnade
b) divinity
b) corbel vault
b) prosperous
b) building
b) wonder
b) durable
b) arch
b) craftsman
b) notable
c) capital
c) successor
c) incised relief
c) ancient
c) blossoming
c) patronage
c) great
c) vaulting
c) architect
c) gigantic
2.1.7 Find the English equivalents for the following Russian words:
А стоечно-балочная конструкция; поощрение; колонна; высокое мастерство; скат;
сильно суженный кверху пилон; траурный; ложный свод; резной рельефный
орнамент; воздвигать; божество; выдающийся; последователь; уцелеть; возрождать
В divinity; pillar; to revive; post-and-lintel construction; to survive; corbel vault;
excellence; outstanding; ramp; encouragement; to erect; successor; incised relief;
funerary; steeply; buttered pylon
2.1.8 Form all possible word combination:
traditional
A
ancient
prosperous
spectacular
tremendous
period
В
progress
achievement
monuments
architecture
great
large-scale
massive
durable
material
building
style
temples
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2.1.9 Read the following word combinations and translate them into Russian:
the 3rdmillenium B.C.; to work under the patronage of the King; tremendous progress; the
most outstanding achievements; massive funerary monuments; ancient Egyptian
architecture; Old Kingdom; on the desert edge; the only remained wonder of the world;
the world's first large-scale monument in stone; the great gods of earth and sky; new level
of excellence; less durable materials; great simplicity; new blossoming of arts and crafts;
to give encouragement; great temples and palaces; the only woman-pharaoh; under the
rule of; numerous temples of traditional style; slightly more elegant, less crushingly
inhuman
2.2 Who doesn't dream about travelling to Egypt? We think all the architects
do. So let's read the text
Text 2 A
Egyptian Architecture
The architecture of Egypt developed from the 3rd millennium B.C. to the Roman
period. During this period artist and craftsmen were drawn to the court to work under the
patronage of the King and his great nobles. Techniques of the working in stone, wood and
metal made tremendous progress. The most outstanding achievements of this period are
massive funerary monuments and temples build of stone for permanence, featuring only
post-and lintel construction, corbel vaults without arches or vaulting, and pyramids. This
architecture gave the world the earliest building in dressed stone, invented the column,
capital and cornice. Features characteristic of the ancient Egyptian architecture also
include the obelisk, the steeply battered pylon, the symbolical lotus column, and incised
relief decoration without any structural relevance.
The pyramids of the Old Kingdom, majestically planted on the desert edge, are the
most spectacular of all funerary works and the only remained wonder of the world. The
world's first large-scale monument in stone is Zoser's necropolis at Sahara, built it 2766
B.C. by the Imhotep, the earliest named architect. These monuments celebrated the
divinity of the kings of Egypt, linking the people with the great gods of earth and sky.
During the prosperous period know as the Middle Kingdom fortresses were built to
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defend the southern and eastern borders. Craftsmen achieved new levels of excellence.
Very little architecture remains, but what has survived shows great simplicity and
refinement, less durable materials were used. The example is the pyramid of Sesostris I at
Lisht.
Great buildings began to be erected once again in the New Kingdom(1570-1085
B.C.), marking new blossoming of the arts and crafts of ancient Egypt. The kings gave
encouragement to artists and craftsmen by ordering great temples and palaces to be built
throughout Egypt. The temple walls were covered with reliefs celebrating the
achievements of the Icings and the power of the gods. The most notable monuments are
the Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatsheput (the only woman -pharaoh) at Deir el Bahari,
with its pillared halls, colonnades, and gigantic ramps connecting the different levels; the
magnificent Great Temple at Karnak devoted to Amon as the universal god of Egypt.
The final revival took place under the rule of the Ptolemies, the successors of
Alexander the great, who built numerous temples of traditional style but slightly more
elegant and less crushingly inhuman. The finest examples that survive are the Temple of
Horus at Eftu and the temples on the islands of Philae.
2.3 Exercise to the text
2.3.1 Find the false sentences using the information from the text. Correct the
false sentences:
1) Techniques of working in reinforced concrete made tremendous progress.
2) The architecture of Egypt gave the world the column, capital and cornice.
3) The world's first large-scale monument in stone is the pyramid of Sesostris I at Lisht.
4) Many architectural monuments of the Middle Kingdom can be seen nowadays.
5) New blossoming of the arts and crafts of ancient Egypt began in the New Kingdom.
6) The final revival took place under Alexander the Great.
2.3.2 Fill in the gaps with the words given below:
1)I n ancient ... art of building only ... constructions were applied.
2) What the architecture of Egypt gave the ... the earliest buildings in... , columns ... and
cornice.
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3) The pyramids of the Old Kingdom are the most … of all … works.
4) The world’s first … monument is stone Zoser’s… .
5) The most remarkable monument of the New Kingdom use colossal … linking the
various …
capitals; necropolis; post-and lintel; levels; ramps; world; dressed stone; spectacular;
egyptian; large-scale; funerary.
2.3.3 Answer the following questions:
1) When did the old ancient Egyptian architecture develop?
2) Into what period could it be classified?
3) What typical structures did the architecture of Egypt produce?
4) What system of construction was used in Ancient Egypt?
5) What elements did this architecture invert?
6) What is the only remained wonder of the world?
7) Who was the earliest named architect?
8) How do the structures of the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms differ?
9) When did the final revival of ancient Egyptian architecture take place?
2.3.4 Find in the text and put down key words that can be used to speak about
Egyptian architecture
2.3.5 Summarize your knowledge of the question under consideration. Discuss
it with your partner. Use exercise 2.3.3 as a plan
2.4 Read and translate the text using a dictionary
Text 2 B
Ancient Greek Architecture
Commenting on the building of the Acropolis at Athens, Plutarch remarked: "They
were created in a short time for all time. Each in its fineness was even then at once age-
old; but in the freshness of its vigour it is, even to the present day, recent and newly
made." No better description of the aims and achievements of Greek architecture has ever
been given.
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The ambition of the ancient Greek architects was to discover eternally valid rules of
form and proportion; to erect buildings human in scale yet suited to the divinity of their
gods; to create, in other words, a classically ideal architecture. Their success may be
measured by the fact that their works have been copied on and off for some 2,500 years
and have never been superseded.
The Greek derived much from other Mediterranean civilizations - the plan of the
temple from Crete, the columnar form from Egypt, the capital from Assyria.
One of the greatest monuments of ancient Greek architecture is the Athenian
Acropolis. The Acropolis, the Greek for upper town, stands on a low rocky hill and
contains the ruins of several ancient Greek architectural monuments.
The Parthenon, a stately building with an eight - column facade honouring the
goddess Athena, was built by Ictinus and Callicrates in 447 - 438 B.C. Next to the
Parthenon is an Ionic temple of Athena, the Erechtheum, built by anonymous architect in
421 - 406 B.C. In has the unparalleled portrayal of a contemporary event on the frieze of
the building. It also had to serve different cults, which meant that its architect had to
design a building with three porches and three different floor levels.
The monumental gateway to the Acropolis, the Propylaea was designed by
Mnesicles, who had to adapt the rigid convention of colonnade construction to a steeply
rising site. In the precision and finish of their execution, which complements the brilliant
innovation of their design, these buildings had no rival in the Greek world.
The Greeks gave rise to some orders of architecture. The orders are the highest
accomplishment of the pillar and beam construction. In classical architecture, the order is
a column with base (usually), shaft, and entablature, decorated and proportioned according
to one of the accepted modes. The entablature is the upper part of a classical order,
between column and pediment, consisting of architrave (the lowermost part), frieze (in the
middle), and cornice (the uppermost part).
The Greek invented the Doric, Ionic and Corinthian orders. The Doric order is the
oldest and the simplest one. It has baseless columns as those of the Parthenon, the
spreading capitals, and triglyph-metope frieze above the column.
The Ionic order appeared later, in eastern Greece. It is characterized by a moulded
base; tall, column shafts with 24 semi - circular flutes separated by flat fillets. Its capitals
have large volutes.
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The Corinthian order was an Anthenian invention of the 5lh century B.C. It is the
slenderest and most ornate of the three Greek orders. In its general proportion it is very
like the Ionic. It has Ionic capitals elaborated with acanthus leaves. At first it was used for
interiors only.
Notes to the text:
porch
rival
shaft
entablature
flute
fillet
volute
mould
pediment
облом; профиль; форма; опалубка
портик, крытая галерея
соперник
столб, стержень
антаблемент
каннелюра, желобок
поясок, углубление
волюта, спираль, завиток
фронтон
2.4.1 Give English equivalents for the words given below (B) and fill in the
gaps in the following sentences (A):
А 1) The Greek architects tried to discover … … rules of form and proportion.
2) They wanted ... a classically ideal architecture.
3) The works of the ancient Greek architects have never been ... .
4) Buildings of the Anthenian Acropolis had no ... in the Greek world.
5) The architect Mnesicles had to ...the ... conventions of colonnade construction
to a… …site.
В соперник; превосходить; вечно имеющие силу; круто поднимающийся; создать;
строгий; древний; приспособить
2.4.2 Choose the correct definition (A) from the words given below (B):
A 1) The upper most member of the entablature.
2) The simplest order of architecture.
3) The middle part of the entablature.
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4) The spiral scrolls of the Ionic and Corinthian capitals.
5) The lowest part of the entablature.
6) A particular style of column with its entablature, having standard details.
7) The slenderest and most ornate order of Greek architecture.
8) The upper part of a classical order between the columns and pediment.
9) The triangular part at the top of front of building
В volutes; order; frieze; the Corinthian; entablature; cornice; pediment; the Doric;
architrave
2.4.3. Complete the following sentences:
1) The main aim of the ancient Greek architects was ...
a) to erect huge temples
b) to discover rules of form and proportion
c) to built fortresses
2) The Greek derived the column from ...
a) Egypt
b) Assyria
c) ancient Rome
3) The Acropolis means ...
a) upper town
b) а platform
c) а cathedral
4) The Parthenon was built by ...
a) an anonymous architect
b) Imhotep
c) Ictinus and Callicrates
5) The Erechtheum was also designed to serve different ...
a) architects
b) cities
c) cults
6)The Propylae was ... To the Acropolis
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a) a temple
b) a gateway
c) a staircase
7)The Doric order has ...
a) a moulded base
b) a slim fluted column
c) a baseless column
8)The Doric order was used in ...
a) the Erechtheum
b) the Parthenon
c) the Propylae
9)The Ionic capitals have ...
a) large volutes
b) acanthus leaves
c) geometrical ornament
10) The Corinthian order was ...
a) the oldest
b) the simplest
c) the most ornate
2.5 Read the text and tell about the architecture of Residential and Public
Buildings of the Roman Empire
Many seeds, derived from early Grecian and Etruscan designs, had already been
Text 2 C
Roman Architecture
sown in Rome. Modern knowledge of Roman architecture derives primary from the
remains scattered throughout the area of the empire. Another source of information is a
vast store of records. Especially important is a book on architecture by the architect
Vitruvius "De Architectura" (27 B.C.). It consists of the books and covers almost every
aspect on architecture.
Whereas Greek architecture is tectonic, built up from logical series of horizontals
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