Thesis:
In Islamic architecture, the mosques embody the formal art and system of order that Islamic society uses to create the experience of a building. In every mosque, there is evidence of Roman components, which make up western architecture, molded and elaborated on by western society. Islamic architecture is considered western architecture because Islamic architecture contains the formal order that had begun from Rome. Western architecture began with Rome when the formal order of spatial organization began and elaborated on by other western civilizations after Rome.
William J. Anderson and R. Phene Spiers. The architecture of Ancient Rome. 2nd ed. Edited by Thomas Ashby. London: University Microfilms International, 1979, pg. 6 This book details the development and emergence of designed public space during the Roman era, written by William J. Anderson, a renowned British author of multiple books analyzing the classical era of architecture. Anderson provides long-term overviews and chronological accounts of the evolution of the Roman design concepts comparing older and new Romans forms, illustrating with printed plate shape and form of surviving Roman buildings. In …show more content…
Richardson Jr.,a resident of the American Academy of Rome and did field research of Pompeii. Richardson overviews the architecture methodology and the history of Pompeii. He focuses on Roman architectures influence to Pompeii. He provides details from his experience and on the field. Nevertheless, this source provides a nice understanding of how the author lays out the information and characteristics of Roman architecture. This book is a particularly useful source because it gave a further understanding of western architecture and similarities of Islamic architecture. I can compare Richardson’s interpretation of Roman architecture as a tool to define Islamic architecture, which will help me answer my research
In Islamic architecture, the mosques embody the formal art and system of order that Islamic society uses to create the experience of a building. In every mosque, there is evidence of Roman components, which make up western architecture, molded and elaborated on by western society. Islamic architecture is considered western architecture because Islamic architecture contains the formal order that had begun from Rome. Western architecture began with Rome when the formal order of spatial organization began and elaborated on by other western civilizations after Rome.
William J. Anderson and R. Phene Spiers. The architecture of Ancient Rome. 2nd ed. Edited by Thomas Ashby. London: University Microfilms International, 1979, pg. 6 This book details the development and emergence of designed public space during the Roman era, written by William J. Anderson, a renowned British author of multiple books analyzing the classical era of architecture. Anderson provides long-term overviews and chronological accounts of the evolution of the Roman design concepts comparing older and new Romans forms, illustrating with printed plate shape and form of surviving Roman buildings. In …show more content…
Richardson Jr.,a resident of the American Academy of Rome and did field research of Pompeii. Richardson overviews the architecture methodology and the history of Pompeii. He focuses on Roman architectures influence to Pompeii. He provides details from his experience and on the field. Nevertheless, this source provides a nice understanding of how the author lays out the information and characteristics of Roman architecture. This book is a particularly useful source because it gave a further understanding of western architecture and similarities of Islamic architecture. I can compare Richardson’s interpretation of Roman architecture as a tool to define Islamic architecture, which will help me answer my research