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Below are links to six pages, showing different views of 6 different buildings, each building from a different period. Choose one building (web page). Write an essay describing the building, noting such things as its plan, elevation, vault system, towers, interior and exterior decoration. Make sure to use correct technical terms. Assign your building to its period and assess the degree to which it is characteristic or atypical. Use the images to answer these questions but write a synthesized essay, NOT an image-by-image analysis.
As a conclusion, assess the contribution of the architecture program you have selected to the overall development of medieval architecture: say in what ways it depends on earlier developments and which elements play an important role in later periods.Please note that what you hand in must be your own original work. You may certainly discuss the paper with Prof. Stones and your fellow classmates but you must write it yourself. Plagiarised work is not acceptable: if suspicions arise you will be asked to repeat the paper using a different set of slides.
Be neat and grammatical: points will be deducted for poor quality of expression and grammar. If you need help in writing, contact the Writing Center (M02 Thaw, tel. 4-6556 for an appointment).
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