Gothic Revival architecture

rear entrance – remember to choose the full divided lite grilles designed to perfectly mimic legacy Craftsman construction. Two double-hung windows side by side bordered by a decorative frame also look beautiful and beautifully matched in this architecture style. Don't hesitate to add patterned glass to your side-lights and transoms. Contemporary Solutions for the Modern Long Island Homeowner Contemporary homes are everything traditional homes are not. Asymmetrical. Flat, or very-low profile…

today. Architecture is an art form of a unique category due to the complexity, grandeur, and artistic elements incorporated into the structures. Completely describing the history of architecture would take many books, a couple of doctorate degrees, and a passion for all things related to architecture to encompass the subject and do justice to the topic. Architecture can also be examined in the evolution of how the purpose, style, and durability has changed over the many years. Architecture has…

The Changes of Architecture Architecture is not only a form of shelter but of culture. It is also a practice of expression and art. During the 1880s United States architecture was customary to be built of the current style and theme. Today’s architecture is more constructed of what is individual and authentic. Architecture today unlike 1880s is to be more unique and professional. Overall the style of today and the style of the 1880s has changed dramatically. Throughout the 1880s theme…

can affect the architecture around us. It isn’t something we think about very often but it does change the way things look and the purpose behind them. Chapter 11 discusses gothic art and covers about 300 years’ worth of art and architecture. The majority of all the art that is discussed in chapter 11, and this presentation, is in Europe. France, Italy, Germany and England played a huge role in the gothic art style. Most of the gothic art is found over in that region. Originally gothic art was…

Wind strength of Gothic Cathedrals - Coccia, Simona - Engineering Failure Analysis. Sep 2015, Vol. 55, p1-25. 25p. Abstract: The research investigates the ancient Gothic cathedral and the formulation of its structure regarding the wind resistance. Experiments on the Cathedral of Notre-Dame of Amiens,as it is one of the most significant examples of the Gothic Cathedrals, concluded that the skeleton or the design of this cathedral and all the cathedrals, in general, is showing that it was…

Gothic Architecture Throughout history architecture has been the most prominent outward expression which defines an era. Whether it was the pyramids of Egypt or the ritualistic sites such as Stonehenge or Chichen Itza, they tell the story of the times. These towering edifices of magnificent proportion naturally did not have the advantage of modern tools and equipment. Using ingenious structural components instead of overhead cranes, workers labored daily lifting heavy stone and putting each…

CCase study 2 The Villa Savoye Highlights of Villa Savoye The Villa Savoye is designed by Le Corbusier in 1927, it is an iconic building and it was defined as a historical monument. It signifies the five points of a new architecture. When constructing the roof garden, horizontal windows and free design of the facade, the reinforced concreted was applied in the design of the Villa Savoye. Therefore, it is studied in this project to learn about its possible design approaches under earthquake…

The Two Architectures of Authority Ever looked at a building and thought how did this magnificent, gifted person create this astonishing, unbelievably ginormous building? Architecture is one of the most captivating work of a man’s time since the beginning it all started. Architecture is art, just like painting, drawing or sculpturing, consequently without architectures, there wouldn’t be jobs, offices, art, and most importantly imagination. In my opinion architectures is what keeps us going in…

A similar situation also appears in Bell’s later interior scenes. While the artist returned to a more figurative style in 1916, her later interior works demonstrate a composition that is neither specifically figurative nor purely abstract. Two later works by Bell, 8 Fitzroy Street, 1930 (Fig. 52) and Interior with the Artists Daughter, 1935-6 (Fig. 53), suggest the artist’s ongoing interest in decorative design and abstraction. Both works depict Bell’s living space: her London studio at Fitzroy…

What this essay will intend to do is to look into what might be characterised as sublime within contemporary art, what ideas and emotions are evoked by this description. Firstly aiming to define what the sublime is and then using three examples of contemporary art to analyse how these works may be seen as sublime. The Oxford dictionary definition of sublime is ‘Of great excellence or beauty’ (Oxford University Press, 2017). This definition could suggest that the sublime is of great quality or…