ARCH&UD 10B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Protestantism, Counter-Reformation
11 Apr 2017
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In the mid 17th century, reaffirm dignity of roman church. Reaffirm the power and dignity of the catholic church. Art and architecture played an important role on the agenda of the counter reformation. Period of decline of the arts until late 19th century when reconsidered. 1537: sebastiano serlio: general rules of architecture: Gave a grammar definition of the architecture. Emergence of new discipline: archeology (formed in 16-17th century, important in the 18th century) Mannerism: stretching the rule of the acceptable classical language. Appreciated: knowledge of rules and key elements of references in order to be meaningful. Play with the rules set by virtruivist. Required knowledge of the basic rules and systems of the vitruvius"s. Artistic and theatrical start to appear to senses without the cultural allusion. Don"t need to understand the basic rules and ideas as long as it appeals to the eyes. Shift shown by : caravaggio: martyrdom of saint matthew.
