SLA104H1 Lecture 6: SLA104 Lecture 6
5 May 2017
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Vitruvius, 1st century bce: books on architecture and town planning, de archtiectura 10 books, firmitas, utilitas, ventustas, solidity, usefulness, beauty, architecture is an imitation of nature. The new roman city: rome"s early colonies were military, but they were also agricultural and commercial, latin word colonia emphasizes the agricultural notion implicit in the foundation of a new. Factor influenced the development of roman town planning was land surveying. Intimate and reciprocal relationship between the town and country, city controlled and exploited territory surrounding it: water and drainage, keep clean, no disease. Urban infrastructure: way in which city walls communicate with the street system, water, aqueducts, use of arches, good support for the structure, drainage, military purposes. Medieval city in mediterranean: fortress, a fortified abbey, roman nucleus. Ideal city: fra carnevale, around 1480, greece (many gods) rome (same gods) rome 1 (one god, rigid attitude towards the world . In medieval, all art connected with christian theology.
