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Marvin Trachtenberg, “Suger’s Miracles, Branner’s Bourges: Reflections on “Gothic Architecture” as Medieval Modernism”, Gesta, 39.2 (2000)m 183-205. In his article, Marvin Trachtenberg aims to redefine our understanding of words like “modern” and “historicism” in regards to Gothic architecture. To prove his point, he uses Suger’s St. Denis along with Bourges Cathedral as examples, but he begins with a lengthy investigation into the language we use to describe Gothic architecture, including the…

There seems to be an assumption that architecture has to be grand, but could architecture be a mundane structure? However, what comes to mind when someone thinks of architecture? Architecture is such an obscure term, that people determine the definition of architecture is various ways. Is the Eiffel Tower? How about the Great Wall of China? Or what about a Barnes & Noble? The last question could throw someone off. This essay considers texts from Rybczynski and Goldberger to look at Barnes &…

Michelangelo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo https://www.michelangelo.org/ Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarotti Simoni was born on March 6,1475 in Caprese near Arezzo, Tuscany. Died on February 18, 1564 at the age of 88 in Papal States, Rome. He was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance born in the Republic of Florence who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art. He was the first artist who was recognized during his life…

“With these grand structures, so numerous and indispensable, carrying so many waters, who indeed would compare the idle Pyramids or other useless, although renowned, works of the Greeks?” – Sextus Frontius in reference to Pliny. “It must be admitted, this is the greatest wonder the world has ever seen” – Pliny, NH XXXVI, 24, 123 Ancient Rome is famously known for its intricate water management systems such as its baths, artificial pools, reservoirs, irrigation channels and other similar…

Renaissance Science In Europe, people began to question things that surrounded them. They began to study Art, Science and Religion. People became more interested in human anatomy, cutting up dead bodies to find out what’s inside. This was the beginning of the Renaissance. Then Early Scientists wanted to share their ideas, but writing was expensive and required a lot of time and material, so a smart man known as Johannes Gutenberg invented the first Printing Press, that allowed people to share…

The Mona Lisa (c.1503 -19) and the Last Supper (1495 -98) are two paintings that are reputed not only for their artistic quality but their iconic status as the symbols of the renaissance. These works, in additions to several others by Leonardo Da Vinci, epitomizes the ideologies of experts that assert the relationship that drives two divergent but eternally connected disciplines: science and art. As the scientist devotes his entire endeavors to investigate the intricacies of nature and its…

Balinese architecture is a vernacular style of architecture wherein designers use local materials to help construct buildings, structures, and houses, as well as reflecting local tradition. It is a centuries-old style of design that’s heavily influenced by Bali’s Hindu traditions, as well as ancient Javanese elements. For the materials that are required for Balinese homes and buildings mostly will be thatch roofing, coconut wood, teak wood, stone, bamboo and bricks. Balinese architecture has…

Ever since the beginning of time, humans have the need for shelter and safety. Architectural theoreticians like Vitruvius and Marc-Antoine Laugier describe the primitive hut as the origin of architecture. When we look at the standardised model for refugee camps, we see tents – mostly offered by humanitarian organizations – arranged in the form of a grid. The camp is…

Just like every coin has two sides, the period of renaissance had two sides – a good and a bad. Though it had some dark sides, one cannot deny that European renaissance was a period of growth and development. There was advancement in every aspect of human life, from human anatomy, science, technology to universe beyond. It was an era where man was rediscovered as an individual being and not just a product of church. It was a time when man could use his reason and logic to question what he is…

Albrecht Dürer is one of the most well known artists in Germany and around the world. He has created many world-renowned pieces of art and this paper will be going into detail the history behind one of his most well known. In this piece of artwork, titled Adam and Eve (Fig 1), he used an engraving method to depict a scene involving Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. This piece was created in 1504 in Dürer’s homeland, Germany. Throughout the scene, many different symbols appear which come…