ARC251H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Edward Gibbon, Classical Architecture, Sebastiano Ricci
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How architecture is invented as a discipline, alberti"s invention of the architect as an intellectual. Adoption of classical architecture to envelope medieval churches. Facade is to be read as a drawing, a series of relationships between the parts and the whole (eurythmia) Seeing architecture as a response, materialization of larger social, cultural, political forces. Most important art reveals essential truth - der geist (spirit) Spirit of an age - zeitgeist/der geist - evolves and progresses over time, which is why art and architecture needs to change (reflects a larger cultural condition) Close to the earth, trying to break free of the earth. Pyramid - assemblage, the spirit is close to the earth but trying to free itself, an abstraction of a mountain. Sculpture - each part of the body is different, but essential in the whole. Greek temple - different components joined together to form a whole. Most valuable arts are immaterial (paintings, music, poetry)
