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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Renaissance architecture"”.
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The reception and study of Renaissance architecture in Great Britain, 1890-1914
The writing of Renaissance architectural history in the period 1890-1914 in Great Britain changed dramatically. Despite modernism's tenet of rejecting history from design, Renaissance architectural history in Great Britain functioned as both an alternative to and a source of inspiration for …
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Power and Punishment: Architecture and Violence in the Italian Renaissance
The traditional narrative of a humanistic Renaissance, with its tropes of classical ornament, courtly manners, and artistic geniuses, has clouded the study of Italian Renaissance architecture. Over the course of three chapters, this dissertation challenges this narrative, reexamining the city, …
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Study and design of a synagogue
… of synagogues follow the general history of architecture, as is exemplified in the synagogues of Europe from medieval through contemporary times. The synagogues of thirteenth century Eastern Europe have the ribbed vaulted roof structure typical of period churches. The bimah of a venetian …
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Visual simulation in time
… the 15th century had a strong influence on Renaissance architecture. Buildings and spaces were designed to be seen from static, fixed viewpoints. Space was regarded as a two-dimensional or pictorial composition. Today we are witnessing the effect on architecture of another media: the …
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Filmic architecture : on motion perspective in architectural synthesis
… Based on the notion that linear perspective in Renaissance architecture was used as a formal tool for the poetic imagination, it is assumed that motion perspective used as a design tool would have a formative influence on the architectural design process and thence, on the final product, …
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Memory of Islam : culture and politics in sixteenth-century religious architecture of Mexico and Peru
… fact that, in a context marked by the spread of Renaissance architecture in Europe and in the American colonies, they represent two among the most anti-classical examples of churches. Furthermore, they are interesting because their anti-classicism can be referred back to the Islamic civilization, …
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La «famosa Scala grande a Lumaca, detta di Bramante»
«Bramante non [fece] né la più bella né la più artificiosa architettura di questa». Così si conclude la concisa descrizione serliana della «scala a lumaca» del palatium innocenziano-roveresco in Vaticano. La lumaca ‘scava’ una nuda torre a pianta quadrangolare innestata sul fianco orientale …
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The Resonance of Michelangelo
… is an exploration of creating an essence in architecture through a sense of ambition and harmony. The ambition for a design to have an architectural presence and establish a clear identity, while achieving a harmony of numerous aspects of the project in order to simplify the inherent …