Discuss the choice of architectural elements in these Neoclassical buildings. Comment on the kind of columns/elements of classical architecture and their variations that you see on campus. Sketch perhaps any detail or element that you find interesting? Think about what is being communicated by these choices ?
Don’t try to do it all. Pick a building or two or their parts.
Next,
you would visit the General Grant National Memorial at W 122nd Street and Riverside Drive. The Mausoleum for Ulysses S. Grant and his wife was designed by the architect John Duncan and completed in 1897. Thus visit online .
At the Memorial, explore the EXTERIOR. Look for familiar architectural elements. Think about the choices the architect made in terms of incorporating some of the classical architectural elements we have encountered when talking about the Parthenon. The architect may have varied these elements to certain extent. In what ways and for what effect?
You can sketch the architectural order, any interesting detail you want to think about, and/or a part of the building–and comment in ways of thinking out loud through the architect’s choices. Focus on the main facade. Do not take text form any website obviously. Think back about the architecture of The Parthenon and work with our material only.
