ARCH 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Barrel Vault, Retable, Relief
20 Mar 2019
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Lecture 18: baroque and rococo architecture in latin america. Estipite: a tapering pilaster, shaped like an inverted pyramid and derived from mannerist architecture, example, mission of san jose, san antonio, usa, 1720-1731. Vocabulary: look back at powerpoint slides for pictures of each, salomonic columns, plateresco, ultra decorative interiors and domes, like silversmith , ultra baroque , 3 & 4 columns composition, domestic features, fa ade in shell, waves, totem, two bells towers. Leonhard deubler: compania de jesus: quito, ecuador 1722-1760, barrel vault with mudejar motifs, moorish influence, arabesques. San francisco acatepec church: near puebla, mexico, concluded 1730, mexican ultra baroque, talavera glazed tiles, ultra baroque. Indiana theatre: 20th century, texas a&m university, modern mexican chain restaurants. The new world: gold: minas gerais (general mines) in brazil, gold discovered 1693, mariana founded in 1696, ouro preto founded in 1711. Sao roque church: lisbon, portugal 1566-1573, first architect was the portuguese afonso alvares, followed by baltazar.
