Italian Language Course
Italian Architecture
Abstract
Nowadays, under the effect of industrial civilization, more and more modern cities choose towering skyscrapers as their landmark buildings, and tend to build in the city centers practical but tedious buildings, which made all the metropolis looks very similar. However, in Europe, a lot of countries committed to conserve their heritage of domestic old-style buildings. Among them, Italy acts as bellwether. This essay takes into consideration three typical masterworks: Coliseum (constructed in AD 72), Hadrian Pantheon (build in second century), and the dome of Florence Cathedral (finished in 1463), from ancient Roman times to Renaissances, three buildings are representative of the Italian architecture, describes these excellent architectural treasures, makes a comparison between Chinese and Italian architecture, in order to show how Italy is seen by the author.
Introduction
The architecture is known as the ‘stone written history’, not just because the architecture maintain hundreds of years, but the more important is that the architecture reflects the style and spirit of a country or a city. Architecture likes the window of a country or a city, through the buildings, people can distinguish the history and culture, economy and development, and also style and spirit of a country or a city in a much directed way.
Italy has always been famous because of its architecture. Historically speaking, as the cradle of western culture, Italian architecture contains the most profound accumulation from the culture and history, at the same time, deeply affects other European countries on the art of architecture. Italian architecture is a perfect combination of all the different periods’ styles, the various mental outlooks, and the distinct cities and areas. There are many renowned cities in Italy such as Rome, Florence, Venice, Pisa, Milan, and so on. In these cities, people can find the history and development of the Italian architecture,
Abstract
Nowadays, under the effect of industrial civilization, more and more modern cities choose towering skyscrapers as their landmark buildings, and tend to build in the city centers practical but tedious buildings, which made all the metropolis looks very similar. However, in Europe, a lot of countries committed to conserve their heritage of domestic old-style buildings. Among them, Italy acts as bellwether. This essay takes into consideration three typical masterworks: Coliseum (constructed in AD 72), Hadrian Pantheon (build in second century), and the dome of Florence Cathedral (finished in 1463), from ancient Roman times to Renaissances, three buildings are representative of the Italian architecture, describes these excellent architectural treasures, makes a comparison between Chinese and Italian architecture, in order to show how Italy is seen by the author.
Introduction
The architecture is known as the ‘stone written history’, not just because the architecture maintain hundreds of years, but the more important is that the architecture reflects the style and spirit of a country or a city. Architecture likes the window of a country or a city, through the buildings, people can distinguish the history and culture, economy and development, and also style and spirit of a country or a city in a much directed way.
Italy has always been famous because of its architecture. Historically speaking, as the cradle of western culture, Italian architecture contains the most profound accumulation from the culture and history, at the same time, deeply affects other European countries on the art of architecture. Italian architecture is a perfect combination of all the different periods’ styles, the various mental outlooks, and the distinct cities and areas. There are many renowned cities in Italy such as Rome, Florence, Venice, Pisa, Milan, and so on. In these cities, people can find the history and development of the Italian architecture,