Ancient Egyptian
Egyptian’s ancient architecture has been a big influence and had dominated most of the present world’s architecture. It has inspired the modern world and has evoked the method of stability and sustainability. As ancient Egyptian has built many monuments across the period of time, it does not only record the pre architectural style but it also tells story and record history. From the Old Kingdom, to the Middle Kingdom, and to the new Kingdom, ancient Egyptian has learned many progressive methods to build and refine their monument. Having the example from Sneferu’s 3 Pyramids. The Onion Pyramids, the Bent Pyramids, and the Red Pyramids have shown Sneferu’s effort on building a perfect pyramid. Later, Egyptian has a major change in their belief of building pyramid for their Pharaoh. In the New Kingdom, they have created their first Temple; the Amon Temple (“Earthy Paradise”). The temple is not only for the dead Pharaoh, but it is also a living complex for library and educational fair. The temple is stored with repetition of columns, decorative ornaments, and serious of lighting effect. These architectural knowledge and style has form the basis of many country’s architectural style across the continent, such as the Greek and the Roman’s column; the Patheon. Lastly Egyptian ancient pyramid has also inspired contemporary architecture such as The Lourve’s glass pyramid in Paris.
