Opus Project:Week 3 Scale, Unity, Section.....

Scale: The earliest form of Egyptian monumental architecture began in the form of mastabas. Egyptian religious belief was that physical life was only temporary, while the spiritual life was eternal. They wanted their monuments to endure to eternity. The temple and the tomb was considered the gateway to eternity. The Matabas were formed of red mud brick believed to be influence by

Mesoptamian architecture. These tombs were for the King -gods on earth. The Mastaba was the first building structure it had flaring walls and single cell interiors used for burial and later as living units structures. The Mataba was an vignette of what was to come.

In the 3rd Dynasty 2780-2680BCE Pyramids were built strictly for the Egyptian Kings and the larger in scale the pyramid was the more important the King. The Great Pyramid of Cheops at Giza was constructed during the rule of three generation of Pharaohs Cheops, Chephren and Mycerenus. (1)This pyramid had all the quality of the architecture on a grand scale and is the purest form of geometrical architecture that still inspires modern buildings today.

Impotep was one of the most important Egyptian architects. In the third Dynasty, King Djoser-2630-2611 BCE commisioned Impotep to build his tomb from the mastaba design he created the first step pyramid the Sakkara. This Sakkara was stronger, lasted and was resistant to thieves. Impotep had many talents and was given many titles but the most important was the title of "High Priest of Heliopolis "(1a) In our Design class and design drawing class we are studying drawing objects to scale. As in our vignettes we draw the figures to scale with the other objects in the drawing I sometimes have trouble with this since I am just really learning to draw. In design class we had to make a object called Pat's chair and draw it to scale on vellum paper. In photographs of the Gizu the people standing around the grounds are minuscule in scale to the

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(1a).The History of Architecture, Iconic Buildings Thoughout the Ages, Gaynor Aaltonen.

1) (The Grammer of Architecture p.16, Emily Cole)