The beauty behind architecture,
Pastel Heavens.
when discussing the different cathedrals and places of worship from the world's past in class, I began to really visualize the concept that structures can hold more than a simple constructional meaning. A simple example of this is understanding the domes that can be found in many Gothic cathedrals in the 1400's. My examination of understanding the Florence dome created by Brunelleschi as a "heaven" was found in my RR7.
"Brunelleschi's Dome can be compared to the world because of the significance of the interior artwork and the purpose of the cathedral in general as an earthly gate to heaven. I love the concept of this architectural concept that was taught to us in class on a perspective towards domes in places of worship"
I think that putting the actual symbolism of faith while fitting the actual symbols into the structure gives the architecture of faith a beauty that many can overlook. And once they are pointed out to an onlooker many just gaze in amazement at such a powerful message.
Music in Architecture?
it is actually nice to picture a building with a beautiful significance besides the interior decoration and artistic beauty. The beauty that is so unique and what most people might overlook on a daily basis is what music one might imagine to be played or sermonized inside a structure.
Music + architecture do play an important part with one another. and i believe that the tie between the two can give one a deeper feel for the actual structure.
When every detail that has a more deeper feel to the composition of a building/church comes together the entire structure can be mistaken for a building that one might have seen before but never witnessed before in their entire life.
14 feb 2011
the first millennium ends
with many newly invented ideas constructed into unique structures,
new world maps to discover enlightened places.
the modern map for the new age begins and the roman empire begins to lead this age with power and evidence. So most of the simple errors from the old ages are dropped for the more significant new ways especially when it comes to constructing a world map.
"The dark ages" have been shoved under the carpet for the more newly adapted ideas. For the massive societies and more vast structures.
I think that the movement from one time period to another was interesting to study because there were so many changes that can be identified as extremely different types of architecture in the same cities and countries.
21 feb 2011-28 feb 2011
The eastern+ western design rule book,
is there really one? (Breaking of the rules?)
The Rules
these "rules" are found in the eastern and western parts of the world have been mended and not broken but adapted to the many changes in each of their societies. I mean the most interesting things that I learned is that even though the societies of the east and the west were on the complete opposite side of the world they shared many characteristics.
I believe that there is not a rule book in the sense of constructing a structure for one side of the world instead of the other, especially in our modern world of today. However back in the early years of the world there are definitely VERY obvious details that set apart the Asian from the French world just like the structures in Italy differ from the structures in South America.
14 mar 2011
colonial expansion brings people + ideas together
but a difference does exist.
coming across seas to combine ideas
many different nations became interested in how other nations were creating thier structures. This time period gave many different socities that were so strict on tradition the diversity that they never imagined. Like swedish members of society creating chinese inspired gardens that very so extravagent and conceptually beautiful.
reaching across seas and contients creates the most diverse amounts of architecture ever. It also makes you travel to a different scoiety while remaining in another countient. I belive that this aspect in the worlds time period makes the world seem more as one.
21 mar 2011
political, social, and cultural brings revolution and evolution to the world,
industrial revolution
there were new ways to learn how to construct buildings and new ways of imagining how one building might operate from another. The concept of using metal to create many buildings and other structures came to terms with many new architectural items. I thought this idea of metal being so unique in those times so hilarous because that is what we use now a days so much in the construction of our buildings.
Overall, the lesson for this unit is learning how the world might observe architecture and how other parts of the world use as well as observe thier own architecture as well as others. This is how modernism came into effect, and i believe that each one of these weeks left me wanting to learn why such a diverse world would become so particular to what they create. Because yes each nation has different architecture of music but the symbolism that is found in many architectural structures can be found in every building all around the world. So in fact the world is not that much archietecturally different than amny belieeve maybe, it is just that each nation has its particular brand that other nations find agrreable and marketable as well.
industrial revolution
there were new ways to learn how to construct buildings and new ways of imagining how one building might operate from another. The concept of using metal to create many buildings and other structures came to terms with many new architectural items. I thought this idea of metal being so unique in those times so hilarous because that is what we use now a days so much in the construction of our buildings.
Overall, the lesson for this unit is learning how the world might observe architecture and how other parts of the world use as well as observe thier own architecture as well as others. This is how modernism came into effect, and i believe that each one of these weeks left me wanting to learn why such a diverse world would become so particular to what they create. Because yes each nation has different architecture of music but the symbolism that is found in many architectural structures can be found in every building all around the world. So in fact the world is not that much archietecturally different than amny belieeve maybe, it is just that each nation has its particular brand that other nations find agrreable and marketable as well.
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