JAV132H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ancient Greek Architecture, Architectural Drawing, Parallel Projection
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Representation of imaginary architecture, shown in 2d and 3d. Used to design buildings and pitch ideas to clients before it is built. Architecture the gure most closely associated with drawing. Many works of antiquity have been achieved without drawing. Pantheon, built with extraordinary precession and sophistication. Entasis - from the greek verb enteinein, which contains the idea of tension. Elements of greek architecture are mostly curved. Nobody drew up the pantheon, created by sculptors. Ekphrasis - verbal description of the visual phenomenon. Virtruvius explained architects at the time to be people who would design and create machines. The kind of language that he was engaged in, no ability to represent himself in drawing. Giving proportions and instructions, when designing a building. In the absence of images, imitation results in architecture that doesn"t resemble the original and each other. Imitating an invisible system (number of columns, arches, empty space) Treatise - a book or an essay that discusses a subject thoroughly.
