ARCH 325 Lecture Notes - Henri Labrouste, Classical Architecture, Ancient Greek Temple
8 Oct 2022
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Kansas state university, college of architecture, planning and design. Classical temple = form and rules (product of thought) and (meaning is inherent/infallible) Gothic cathedral = matter and concepts (product of nature) and (meaning is projected on it/fallible) Human nature (achievements and manifestations) as center of attention, center of the. A secular movement of scholars in the face of a weakening roman catholic church and. Holy roman empire (medieval scholar-clerics dominating intellectual life) Sees the breakup of feudal structures in the face of rising city-state and monopolizing powers, duchies and major states, papal, and otherwise. Renaissance and treatises - serlio"s treatise is the first to utilize drawings as an important tool. Palladio shows his own work which extends beyond the stricter classical rules and was widely influential (also repopularized free standing columns). Publications during this time opened up alternative avenues to the vitruvian tradition in understanding and advancing classical architecture.
