Parts:Whole

~ARCHETYPE, PROTOTYPE, HYBRID~

An archetype is a specific type, or example, of a certain thing, such as a column; an idea.

A prototype is an model or test, the stepping stone that gets you where your going.

Hybrids are the steps along the way from the first idea to the final masterpiece.

“Both in form and in ornament, Roman design was based on Greek prototypes” (Blakemore, 67)
Just as i speak about in entourage the Romans assimilated a lot of the cultures they conquered into their own. Archetypes are specific types of groups, things or ideas, and are recognizable. Prototypes are the motivating factors that get ones idea, group, or thing from birth to the final product. A hybrid is a melting pot test model that serves as a stepping stone to get you through the steps it takes to make a final idea, group, or thing. 

~SOURCE~

"As the wind rises to go over the dome of the Pantheon in Rome, the air speeds up and creates a negative pressure that pulls the air out of the oculus at the top... By anticipating prevailing winds and considering the building form and orientation, the architect was able to use the outside movement of the air to ventilate and cool effectively." (Roth 145-146)

The oculus at the top of the Pantheon is the source of many elements of Delight. Ventilation and light both travel through this hole to help the interior. It also serves as a passage way for views to look up at the heavens or the heavens to look down at the viewers.  The oculus is a detrimental part of making this space work, being the source of many necessary elements needed within the building.

~ENTOURAGE~

Entourage refers to when an artist includes and focuses on the surroundings of their subject in their artwork.

“Layers of overlapping factors were instrumental in the formation of Roman arts during the later Republic and in they Early Empire periods of Rome. Foremost among these influences were geographic position, conquests, technology, priorities in social life, and religion.” (Blakemore 45)

Entourage encaptures its surrounds around its focal point, much like roman architecture paid evident attention to what they were around such as the Greek culture. They assimilated the Grecian culture into theirs by taking their ideas and using them on building faces such as they did at the Colosseum.

~HIERARCHY~

is any system of people or objects ranked one above another.

“set up an axis that dominated the orientation of the temple, the space in front of it, how it was approached, and how the temple was placed in relation to the forum” (Roth 250).

The Acropolis in Athens is based around the worship of their patron goddess Athena. Due to the orientation of the Parthenon the rest of the mountaintop is arranged in an order of hierarchy due to building importance. As you walk through the gates you first see the Parthenon, the temple of Athena. then directly across the forum from that is the Erechtheion (marked by the porch of maidens) which represents the battle between Athena and Poseidon to be the patron of the city. close to the gate is a temple dedicated to Athena Nike, a form of Athena as the goddess of victory, is the "perfect temple" but is much smaller and less extravagant.

~ORDER~

Order is a lot like hierarchy, archetype, prototype, and hybrid in that it is more or less the visual aesthetics that make the category of the object evident.

“Slightly more taller still is the Corinthian order, whose column is ten times the height of the diameter. It rises from a base similar to that of the Ionic order, and, like it, normally has twenty-four flutes. The Corinthian capital is the tallest of the three [Greek orders], with two or three concentric bands of lush outward-curling acanthus leaves.” (Roth 31)

As suggested by Roth the Corinthian order is made evident by it's specific characteristics. Even though it does share qualities with other orders of columns it is distinct because of the bands of leaves and lush ornament around the capitol.

Citations
Archetype, Prototype, Hybrid, Source, Entourage, Hierarchy, Order. (2009). Retrieved
February 8, 2009 from Dictionary.com. http://dictionary.reference.com/

Roth, L.M. (2007). Understanding Architecture, It’s Elements,
History, and Meaning. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press.

Blakemore, R.G. (2006). History of Interior Design& Fruniture,
From Ancient Egypt to Nineteenth-Century Europe, Second Edition. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons Inc.