CITIES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD: CONSTRUCTION PRINCIPLES AND ARTISTIC IMAGES
The article is devoted to the principles of architectural construction and the artistic nature of the cities of the Ancient world. The relevance of this topic is because the ancient compositional principles of the creation of cities are still manifested in the structure of the old capitals of the world, and, in an evolved form, express themselves in modern urban concepts. One of the general principles of construction naturally became centripetal. Vertically, the center has always been elevated. Regular urban development, straight streets and quarters become a visual-material embodiment of the rhythm. In the Ancient world, the city served as the embodiment of a hail of spiritual, heavenly, and not its antagonist, and this idea was embodied in the architecture and artistic appearance of the city.