ART HIS 22 Lecture 5: Lecture Five: Architecture
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Start looking up terms, you can find them on the slides. The circular plan is a big deal to architects, because it is connected to antique forms (the circle is an ideal form) Peter wanted to be buried upside down, didn"t want to be similar to christ. Death is commemorated via the circular form, connected to martyrium. They wanted a circular courtyard, but they didn"t end up building it. Used stairs to emphasize verticality so it feels like you are walking ip (because you are?) Balustrade is like a balcony, contributes to the vertical movement of your eye. It is symmetrical and has the same elevation on all four sides. Cupola: large half dome, made from concrete in the pantheon. Used stone for the ionic capitals because those are important. Used to be a small hunting lodge for the 13th. Expanded on this structure for a long time lol. Louis le vau made most of the cool structures.
