Baroque Architecture Works of famous architects and sculptors What is Baroque Architecture? • A Style originating in late 16th Century Italy • Consists of complex Architectural plan shapes‚ often based on the oval. • Dynamic opposition and inter penetration of spaces were favored to highlighten the feeling of motion and sensuality. • Other characteristic qualities include:– Grandeur – Drama and Contrast – Curvaceousness – Twisting elements – Gilded statuary FRANCESCO BORROMINI • He was the son
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2012 Tudor Architecture In the Elizabethan Age architecture and furniture were very beautiful and classic. The architectures had so many abstract styles. The church buildings had a lot of styles and different textures to it. Tudor architecture from the 1500’s was a timeless style and because of this it’s still used in today’s modern style of architecture. Architecture from the 1500’s had so many beautiful
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Contextual studies (MU314) Convenor: Tim Howle Essay 1 Denis Smalley has suggested that the two most important musical developments in the 20th Century are the domains of the ’electro-acoustic’ and the ’vernacular’. To what extent is his assumption correct? This piece will demonstrate an understanding of the developments in 20th century music‚ with a detailed view on the path and expansion of electro-acoustic technology and of the vernacular. This will also be highlighting the theoretical
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Famous 20th Century Modern Furniture Timeline 1990-1999 1920-1929 This was a period of prolific 20th Century furniture design work. Designers like Le corbusier and Charlotte Perriand were using tubular steel - the new material of the time to create iconic wonders like the chaise longue‚ whilst Marcel Breuer was creating his famous Wassily Chair - said to have come up with his bent tubular steel concept for this chair while looking at the handle bars of his bicycle. Browse through the timeline
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Criticism in architecture: does aesthetics matter in architecture? „Urgent questions which confront the architect are indeed philosophical questions‟ (Scruton 1979). In the letter of Goldberg (2003)‚ criticism in architecture is considered as an audience guide to appreciate good design: The purpose of architecture criticism in the general media is to create a better educated more critically aware‚ more visually literate constituency for architecture… In contrast‚ Baird mentioned: Today criticality
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Throughout the 20th century the role of women changed dramatically‚ causing a butterfly effect of shifts within society and the world as a whole. Initially the centuries old concept of women as homemaker and mother held up in the early 1900s but as time continued to pass‚ women gained new rights and roles in society. This change stemmed from a change of values‚ and thereby a change of culture. Ancient civilizations kept women‚ as the primary child bearers‚ closely linked to the home for protection
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Mughal architecture‚ an amalgam of Islamic‚ Persian and Indian architecture‚ is the distinctive style developed by the Mughal Empire in India in the 16th and 17th centuries. All the early Mughal Rulers except Aurangzeb were great bui1ders. With the coming of the Mughals‚ Indian architecture was greatly influenced by Persian styles. The Mughals constructed excellent mausoleums‚ mosques‚ forts‚ gardens and cities. The Mughal buildings show a uniform pattern both in structure and character. The main
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Greek Architecture Thesis;In my point of view‚ Functionality is based on the foundation of Greek architecture ‚ like the architecture style in the some cities such as Ephesus‚ Millet and Assos. Greek architecture is based on the houses called “Megaron”.The Megaron houses‚ which has four corners and an entrance‚ has some pillars around.In fact they are temples and for this reason the people musn’t enter in it.Only they pray out of temple.The outside of it is much more
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Fischer-Dieskau Albert Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau was a lyric baritone during the 1900s. A German native‚ Fischer-Dieskau‚ had a large voice full of resonance. He lived a long‚ successful life and would come to be known as the most influential singer of the 20th century (Sadie 6: 614; Kettle). Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau was born in Berlin‚ Germany on May 28‚ 1925. At a young age‚ Fischer-Dieskau enjoyed making music. His mother taught him how to play piano‚ and he continued to play all throughout his youth. After
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Vernacular architecture Ronald Brunskill defined it accurately in saying: “A building designed by an amateur without any training in design; the individual will have been guided by a series of conventions built up in his locality‚ paying little attention to what may be fashionable. The function of the building would be the dominant factor‚ aesthetic considerations‚ though present to some small degree‚ being quite minimal. Local materials would be used as a matter of course‚ other materials being
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