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A 6 page paper that summarizes and analyzes 2 books on architectural history. The reasons that Richard Krautheimer explores in his text Three Christian Capitals are basically political in their context while the reasons that Vincent Scully explores in his topographical investigation of Greek architecture in The Earth, the Temples and the Gods are primarily focused on the way that Greek religious beliefs informed the structure and design of these ancient buildings. This discussion of these books examines representative cases from each book, evaluating their contributions to the field, before offering analysis and evaluation based on their perceived relative merits. No additional sources cited.
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a particular locality and the location within of specific sites."i This author goes on to acknowledge that the simple identification of a building through the use of historical sources in
not particularly "inspiring," but that architectural history does becoming more stimulating when "one probes deeper into the evidence...to explore the reasons...for a given site being occupied by a particular building."ii
The reasons that Krautheimer explores in his text Three Christian Capitals are basically political in their context while the reasons that Vincent Scully explores in his topographical investigation of Greek
architecture in The Earth, the Temples and the Gods are primarily focused on the way that Greek religious beliefs informed the structure and design of these ancient buildings. The following
discussion of these books will, first of all, examine representative cases from each book, evaluating their contributions to the field, before offering analysis and evaluation based on their perceived relative
merits. Krautheimer explains his politically-oriented topographical approach in his introduction, as he describes the intriguing positioning of the "cathedral of Rome, S. Giovanni in Laterano," which was founded by
Constantine in 312, near the city walls.iii The author points out that the location was not determined by an "object of veneration," as this location, at the time, was a
"quiet zone of large mansions and parks."iv While a large tract of land was needed for the building of the cathedral, this location did not provide easy access to
the "large Christian congregation of Rome."v Therefore, the question arises: Why here? Krautheimer explains that in order to determine the answer to this question, "the historians net must be
cast wide"; but, contemporary writings do provide clues to an answer.vi Christian and pagan writing during this period, including laws made by Constantine, as well as inscriptions, suggest that "Constantines
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