AHIS BC 1001x Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Pont Du Gard, Gemma Augustea, Groin Vault
30 Aug 2016
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Pont du gard aqueduct, 1st c bce, nimes, france. Administering an empire like this is a lot easier if you can deliver clean water. Voussoirs are other curved pieces of the arch. Each unit in an arcade is called a bay. Spandrel is the top part of the arch. Barrel vaults, arches next to each other (stacked) This is the transition into an empirical rule. No heroic nudity, he is a distinct historical individual. Reaches arm out as if he"s addressing a crowd, gesture of leadership. Supporting element has eros who is riding a dolphin. Statement of power and authority, political (mythological), military, aesthetic authority. Augustus was a family values kind of leader, was about values, and was his idea about what rome should be. Portrayal of geometric objects that recede backwards towards a vanishing point. Here they are multiple vanishing points, but yet it still provides a convincing depiction of depth.
