The orders of architecture (field trip exercise using mobile devices,or PC)
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The text below is a 'read-only' question; it is meant to give visitors an idea of possible exercises. Registered students should use the other version of the course "Georgian Cities: S2".
Exercise based on the Georgian Cities website pages about architecture in Bath and architecture in Edinburgh (the main page of the chapters and the dependent pages).
Example: an Ionic capital in the middle level of the Circus, Bath: 
In Bath or in Edinburgh,
take photos of the three major orders of architecture and add references according to the following format, creating a similar table with your own word-processing or speadsheet program and filling it with the appropriate information for each column. The column 'Photo' will be filled with the photos you have taken (or found on the web), the columns 'Location' 'Architect' 'Date' 'Description' with information from the Georgian Cities website, or from information sources on location, or from books and websites: indicate your sources in the last column 'Sources of information'. Write a text on the conclusions you have derived from your research to prepare the table.
| Order | Photo | Location | Architect | Date | Description | Sources of information |
| Doric order | ||||||
| Ionic order | ||||||
| Corinthian order |
If you do not travel to Bath or to Edinburgh, work from photos and from the Georgian Cities website or books and websites.
Skills:
- field studies
- documentation: the documents you include in your assignments should always be followed by
* references such as author, title, date... (which may vary according to the type of document, e.g. for a painting you will also need to mention the medium, the dimensions, and the picture gallery housing it)
* references to your sources: where did you obtain the information quoted? - following the accepted styles for bibliographical notes
- for a website, example: Georgian Cities http://www.18thc-cities.paris-sorbonne.fr (2014) consulted on 9 May 2019.
- for a book: see examples in bibliography of Georgian Cities - Author, title in italics, publication details (place and date).