Bulacan State University College of Architecture & Fine Arts City of Malolos TOA 123 [pic] 2nd Semester AY 2009‐2010 Arch. Godesil G. Lejarde Instructor TOA 123 Theory of Architecture 2 Arch. GGLejarde
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GOTHIC LITERATURE The gothic novel was invented almost single-handedly by Horace Walpole‚ whose The Castle of Otranto (1764) contains essentially all the elements that constitute the genre. Walpole’s novel was imitated not only in the eighteenth century and not only in the novel form‚ but it has influenced writing‚ poetry‚ and even film making up to the present day. It introduced the term "gothic romance" to the literary world. Due to its inherently supernatural‚ surreal and sublime elements
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Gothic Historical Context According to some authors rebuilding of Abbey Church of Saint Denis is considered beginning of gothic style in 1140. Since then‚ the Gothic style spread through Western Europe. The Gothic art‚ is a typically bourgeois and citizen art‚ which marks the end of feudalism and the renewal of the urban world and the world of trade and craft workshops. At the beginning‚ in France‚ it had specific characteristic too different to Romanesque. Such as: church were considered place where
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Neutra | D. | Van Alen | Q.4) | Another term for crenel or intervals between merlon of a battlement | | | A. | Cavetto | B. | Embrasures | C. | Bartizan | D. | Astylar | Q.5) | In the middle kingdom‚ in Egyptian architecture‚ who consolidate the administrative system‚ made a survey of the country‚ set boundaries to the provinces‚ and other helpful works. | | | A. | Amenemhat I | B. | Imhotep | C. | Senusret I | D. | Zoser | Q.6) | Who erected
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but with the addition of the exquisite‚ fantasy-like colors makes the cathedral all the more beautiful. Given its appearance‚ it’s quite surprising to many that it was constructed in the sixteenth century considering most architecture around the world during this time was gothic and lacked such bright colors and rounded features. The Cathedral stands in Red Square‚ Moscow‚ Russia. Its construction was requested by Ivan the Terrible to celebrate his military victories and the capture of Kazan from
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focus: the unification of traditional temple form and the new domed space‚ the technical development of concrete constructions‚ and the tendency to obscure construction and structural elements. This paper discusses the Pantheon by analyzing the architecture from various aspects such as its three distinctive spaces and the experience they brings‚ the lighting of the interior‚ innovation such as coffering‚ the skillful use of concrete‚ and the Roman’s attempt to conceal the construction. Furthermore
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It’s a shame that “Byzantine‚” when not used in reference to the Eastern Roman Empire‚ tends to have a negative connotation. Not only did the Byzantine Empire last for over a thousand years‚ it reached out so far that countries from Libya to Bulgaria and Slovenia to Egypt can claim a legacy from it‚ keeping the fallen West safe from invading barbarians until the time of its own spectacular decline. When you realize that‚ it is especially shameful that the West no longer considered the Eastern Roman
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"Name and discuss in detail two Gothic sculptures making references to the period in which they were produced‚ them‚ composition and style. Discuss briefly the role of a sculpture in a named Cathedral from the Gothic Period." The word "Gothic" was given to the style of architecture that evolved between 1150 and 1499 in Europe. It was invented by the Renaissance historians and artists to express their negative attitude to an art they thought was barbaric. Gothic culture was urban based unlike Romanesque
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Early horror literature came out of a mix of the upcoming of romanticism‚ the decline of the enlightenment‚ and most of all from early gothic traditions themselves. Neo-gothic interests greatly sparked the minds of many 18th century writers‚ Edgar Allen Poe being one of them. Poe is classified as an American Horror author of the romanticism era who wrote many short stories and poems of weird‚ gloomy‚ and haunting concepts. The ideas behind many of his stories relate to the minds of many people who
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Art Class Gothic Art Professor: Adriana García García Enrique González Pinal Classroom: 311 ID: 1582569 Was a style of medieval art that developed in Northern France out of Romanesque art in 12th century‚ led by the concurrent development of Gothic architecture. It spread to all of Western Europe‚ never quite effacing more classical styles in Italy. In the late 14th century‚ the sophisticated court style of International Gothic developed‚ which continued to evolve
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