MPC 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Doryphoros, Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Otricoli
17 May 2016
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Voussoirs: individual elements; stones that make up the arch. Pier: solid piece of masonry through which energy is channeled down; energy of gravity is forced down through the piers. An extended arch creates a tunnel vault; interior passage-way. Arches used to create: arch, barrel vault, groin vault (barrel vaults intersecting at right angles), dome; made by the romans, allows to think about an interior space. Pond-du-gard nimes, france; aqueduct surviving till today; romans began to bring the water to them; convex curve upstream so the water would flow upstream; visual harmony; upper arches eco the lower arches; 350-50 bc head of brutus; greek sculptures were generic; romans developed portraits; reserved for the leaders of the civilization. Ca 75-50 bc head of a roman patrician from otricoli, italy; portrait of middle class; realistic; veracity; warts and all; don"t shrink away from representing the person in detail.
