FAH102H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Aesthetic Perfection, Siegestor, Floor Plan
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Architecture / antique order / plans / elevations / gothic. New materials, new ways of achieving these architectural buildings (cid:1) (cid:1) Architecture is meaningful, can symbolize political, ecclesiastical, or cultural power, superiority and triumph. (cid:1) Rome, arch of constantine (one main gate, 3 openings) Orange/provence, triumph arch (used to be a part of rome, left their imprint there with the arch, a triumph mark) Paris, arc de triomphe (similar to the arch of titus) Munich, siegestor (similar to the arch of titus / constantine, the distribution of the arch openings similar to constantine) Historical architectural building styles were often revitalized. Architecture usually reflects its function (no longer the case in (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) the present), formal distinguishing features changed through time and became blurred. * architects goes back to 12th century, bound to gothic architecture and treatises of saint augustine (cid:1) Present: architecture is a sophisticated combination of ideas & engineering. (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
