Art was a crucial aspect of expressing Renaissance ideas. Italian sculptors, painters, and architects in particular did a fantastic job of communicating Renaissance concepts in their artwork. Three of the most central humanistic beliefs during this period of time were the appreciation of the individual, the emphasis on the real rather than the abstract, and the imitation of past civilizations. The sculpture “David”, by Italian artist Michelangelo, is an excellent example of the humanistic emphasis on appreciating the individual and dignifying the human kind. Michelangelo depicts David as a strong, godlike figure, emphasizing the size of his hands and feet.
Hence, fortune and opportunity significant assisted Speer’s rise. Speer’s subsequent design of the Nuremberg rally and his trademark Cathedral of Light formed the basis of Speer’s initial international prominence. On 30th of January 1937 Speer was officially commissioned as Inspector General of Buildings for the Renovation of the Federal Capital (GBI). Speer’s power grew, leaping prominent figures such as Goebbel’s as he became answerable only to Hitler for the ‘Germania’ project to refurbish Berlin and 40 “Fuhrer cities”. Speer’s successes constructing the
Humanities 101 25 July, 2015 The Parthenon High above the city of Athens sets the Parthenon. Although it is simple in structure, the wonderful artistry of this structure impacted classical architecture and still influences structures to this day. The Parthenon was built to house a grand, gold and ivory statue of the goddess Athena. Temples traditionally were to only be viewed from the outside (The Parthenon); the Doric style columns often interrupted the view of the temples. It was the largest Doric Greek temple but also used the Ionic temple styles (Ancient History).
A very symmetrical building, it has two almost identical transept arms, the proportions of which are trebled in the nave. The conscious recollection of the Early Christian past is very clear on the interior of the building. The large areas of undecorated wall space above the nave arcade is a conscious reference to Early Christian church interiors such as S. Apollinare in Classe, as are the arches and very high, but flat,
I have chosen to compare Schroeder house by Gerrit Retvield from De Stijl to AEG High Voltage Factory by Peter Behrens. One is a huge factory, an assembly plant for transformers and other equipment for high voltage transmission, the other is a small house not only in comparison to the factory, but to other family houses as well, nevertheless both of them have some similar properties. To begin with, The Schroeder House, although the first built example of De Stijl architecture, proved to be the most successful one in terms of uniting all ideals of the stile in a single building. It has a rather simple visible structure and design (at least from the first glance to the house it appears simplistic and cubic in form) but, although this is true, the house is highly complex and a very well thought out piece of architecture. It consists of differently sized horizontal and vertical planes, put together in ingenious way, which represent modern De Stijl artists’ approach to constructing an ideal new world’s architecture.
On the other hand each apartment has two balconies that have a direct view of nature. The Unité is more than merely a summation of Le Corbusier’s earlier work; however, it’s different from the rest of his work, due to the sense of mass, texture and surface. The Unité exposes shuttering board marks versus the precast concrete. archidialog.com Le Corbusier set out to design a tower block that was a “magisterial work of architecture, nobility, community, elegance, and happiness,” all qualities present in a Diaz2 steamship. Le Corbusier was interested in using the ocean liner as a model for high-density living.
Clearly the Salk Institute is a research laboratory that warrants these considerations when selecting building materials. The materials that make up the Salk Institute consist of concrete, teak, lead, glass, and steel. In my opinion these materials address the laboratories demands by being easy to maintain, as well as being durable allowing the Salk Institute to be built to last. I really enjoyed Kahn’s attention to detail when it came to the concrete work. Once the concrete was set, Kahn allowed no further finishing touches in order to attain the pinkish glow of "pozzuolanic" concrete.
As reflected by its designer, the Basilica of Saint Mary is nothing short of magnificent - it also has adopted numerous architectural designs from its early Romanesque predecessors. However the basilica still has features that has made itself unique to those of early times, and has paved a new path for churches towards a post-modern/contemporary style. When one stands at the steps of Saint Mary’s Basilica facing the front Façade (See Photo 1), one will notice how immaculate and pasty the basilica looks. The basilica itself is made from Bethel White Granite (History.. 1) which is the same stone as what was used on the cathedral of Santiago De Compostela; however it is made of a different type of granite which gives Santiago De Compostela a more grayish presence. Firstly from the bottom up are the six sturdy Doric styled columns that bar the entrance door.
Peder Anker, in From Bauhaus to Ecohouse, continues his iconoclastic style of environmental and intellectual history. [1] In this book he shifts his focus from ecology to ecological design. Anker is quick to point out that despite ecological design’s recent popularity and its 1960s pedigree, its intellectual foundations stretch back to the 1920s and, in fact, began with that paragon of modernist design, the Bauhaus. The connections between modernist and ecological design may come as a surprise due to ecological design’s strong links with environmentalism, a movement that is often perceived as antithetical to the sterility of modernist architecture. Anker traces the intellectual and political connections between members of the Bauhaus, such as Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, and influential members of the ecological design movement, including Ian McHarg.
He has been acclaimed for his original, sophisticated, adventurous, and very American buildings. Extremely varied and lively, his structures contrast space and materials; often jutting, unusual shapes are juxtaposed with simple geometric forms. In his earlier work these forms are expressed in a wide range of usual and unusual architectural materials (e.g., raw plywood, corrugated aluminum, and exposed pipe) that sometimes give these buildings a deliberately unfinished quality. Among his many important commissions are the Loyola Law School (198184), Walt Disney Concert Hall (1989), and the Team Disneyland Building (1995), Los Angeles; Gehry's Fish (1992), Barcelona; the Weisman Museum of Art (1993), Minneapolis, the first of his all metal-clad buildings; and the Cinémathèque Français (the former American Center. 1994), Paris.