ARC131 H1F 3rd October 2012 Mikaile Ibrahim FIRMITAS‚ UTILITAS‚ VENUSTAS A CRITICAL RESPONSE TO VITRUVIUS & ALBERTI Throughout history‚ the makings of an architect have changed by stark proportions and so did the requirements of the finished creation. Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (80 B.C.E)‚ famously known as Vitruvius‚ wrote in The Ten Books on Architecture of how the architect must possess wide knowledge and expertise in many fields of study‚ and that his buildings must encompass firmitas
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Alberti And De Re Aedificatoria Architects‚ as a conceiver of city‚ the concept of public space and buildings‚ act as several statuses. Their social status may high‚ but more often relatively low status. During the Middle Ages‚ painting‚ sculpture and architecture are subject to the limitations of three kinds of hand-crafts the visual arts. During the Renaissance in Italy‚ because control of the drawing (not construction)‚ the architect obtained a new identity with higher social status. This is
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recent refugee crisis‚ through the use of various techniques in our picture book‚ Leon the Cow. The contrast of safety and peace between the refugee’s (in the book’s case Leon’s) home country and Australia’s was represented by the different colours of the text and the drawings. There was also a part of the story where the farmer handed Leon a sandwich‚ which was a reference to peace made between the farmer and Leon. Max and I created this picture book in the hopes that the audience would not only
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richness and lavishness. The viewer will observe a fusion of the realistic tradition of Flemish painting with the imagination and freedom of Italian renaissance painting. The painting expresses Neoplatonic views while also providing the viewer with endless topics for discussion and analysis‚ making it a true conversation piece. The “Garden of Love” depicts a scene of passionate festivities. In the painting‚ a group of aristocratic lovers decorated in the most extravagant of satins and lace are placed
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Cézanne Oil on canvas (31.5 x 25.25 in) Located in Metropolitan Museum of Art Gallery 822‚ New York The artwork‚ which is vertical in its organization‚ it is a sight spot in somewhat suburban at dusk. An old and small house is in the center of painting‚ surrounded by several little trees. It is built on some big rocks. Artist paint from one side of the house from a low angle‚ so we cannot see what is its front look. The house is painted in light khaki with dark orange eaves‚ just as the title
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Leon Koury’s sculpture titled Compress Worker was made in 1941 and is currently located in Memphis Brooks Museum of art. The Compress Worker is a sculpture of a cotton compress worker‚ that capture a strong physicality of labors who worked in cotton production. The sculpture is a topless African American man‚ who is ungroomed‚ barely clothed‚ and without a haircut to show that his job does not allow him keep a manicured appearance. The artist gives the man a look of exhaustion and strength at the
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The bright orange leaves spread across the street are a perfect indication that it is autumn in this picture. He also makes the bicyclists wear colors that make them stand out from the rest of the painting‚ such as the blues and purples of their shirts against the oranges and yellows of the leaves. He also uses the element of light to show shadows in highlights given from the sun. This could be used to give the trees and the bicyclists a realistic
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Leon and the Great Roar There once was a great lion called Leon he was the mighty king of the African Savanna. He was always helping all of the other animals with things like chasing out the other lions that were hunting down the other animals. The animals of the Savanna had all banded together to create a small animal village. Leon had lived on the top of a cliff where he watched over everyone and protected them from danger. Leon was always helping everyone either watching over the young animals
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Virgin Mary‚ the painting of Our Virgin of Guadalupe evokes a somber and endearing response from the viewers. The composition of this painting brings in the attention to the Virgin of Guadalupe. The dark space in the background‚ and the light shining directly on her divert the eye to the center of the painting. The curved curtains in the background also frame her in the center. The composition of the painting also brings attention to the crown of thorns at the bottom of the painting. This attention
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The painting A Likely Story demonstrates the danger of self-absorption. The painting shows a young man on an old makeshift wooden raft that looks to be headed down a smooth river. He sits on a folded up blanket while he strums an acoustic guitar he has in his hands. The leaves on the trees in the background show the multiple orange‚ brown‚ and red leaves showing that it is autumn. The man has his eyes closed and seems relaxed by the rushing water and his guitar to notice the surroundings. On the
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