Week 3 Opus
(Welp, since I misunderstood what was expected of me, I had to change this to my third Opus entry)

Egyptian Architecture and furniture showed 4 main components of Egypt of the time:
1. Social Hierarchy
2. Inpiration by the everyday, idigenious materials
3. Technology of ancient Egypt
4. Religious importance

Temple of Amon: COMANDS the common Egyptian peopl to worship the gods.
Evidence:
Symmetry
Made of stone
Dieties
Superhuman scale
Flared walls (creating a sense of weight)

male:female
KHUFU-
on a flat level plane
made of rock
made on land
massive scale
unity among pyramids, proportion is visually appealing
smoother surface, figures in the inside
reaches towards heaven
sealed
additive production process
build for the dead

HATSHEPSUT-
made of the earth
ornament on exterior
built for the living
subtractive production process
massive scale
protected
built into the enviornment
less reaching towards heaven

The hatshepsut temple is built with a horizontal feeling but in reality shows the maculine form of vertical lines throughout the design. The khufu pyramids give a soley vertical sense, providing evidence as being a masculine form of design. Vertical lines meant social hierarchy, it enveloped an idea of power above others. Similarly to Blakemore's views on Eygyptian chairs (pg 17). A chair with a back showed more emphasis on social status than a stool, which showed higher social status then one who may merely sit on the ground. Egyptian architecture was strongly based on social hierarchy and religious importance while using earthly materials and providing evidence for an immense amount of technology and intelligence of the ancient peoples.

As I walk around campus and look at the structure of many buildings, my mind travels to images of Stonehenge. Stonehenge provided a basic structure, with strong vertical support pair with a horizontal fixture above. The ideals of massive structures being formed from heavy materials and the ideals of pairing the materials in a firm matter brought about the structure of our architecture today. This shows the reality of the intelliengence of the early civilizations. These group's designs have been added to, but everywhere I look I can see Stonehenge. I say to myself, here's the basic vertical structures, and here's the horizontal addition to the structure. Despite the controversy in what Stonehenge's intentions were, that frankly doesn't matter because the structure has stuck and has been added on becoming the basis of our designs today, and the purpose of each design varies as well. I am also reminded of an aedicule when I look at Stonehenge.