Discussion: Influences Of Ancient Architecture

Initial Post InstructionsThis week you will read about architecture. The lesson includes information on Roman architecture, which was greatly influenced by the Greeks and Etruscans.
Locate at least two architectural works that were influenced by Greco-Roman architecture. These can be from any time period after the Greco-Roman period but should be from different periods themselves (e.g., one from Renaissance and one from Baroque). Then address the following:

What is the function of each structure?
How does each work exhibit influence of the Greco-Roman period? Is the influence specifically Greek, Etruscan, or Roman or a combination?
How would you compare the two selected works? Take the role of the evaluative critic.

Use examples from the text, the lesson, and the library to help support your answer. Please remember to provide images and citations to help illustrate your points.
Follow-Up Post InstructionsRespond to at least one peer. Further the dialogue by providing more information and clarification.

YesterdayMay 16 at 4:59pm
This week we are reading about architecture. This is vastly different from other forms of art that we have learned about thus far. Our book describes how architects have a special and respected relationship in respects to space and function of that space. Some of the most unique and well known buildings have been created with this foundation in architecture in mind. As stated in our book, Architecture generally creates a strengthened hierarchy in the positioned interrelationships of earth and sky and what is in between (Jacobus