Architectural elements

1645, Musei di Strada Nuova, Genoa”. Although the bright red cloth that cover Icarus is replaced with a white one, this artwork still does well in beautifully capturing the other essential elements of this scene. Icarus is depicted looking over his shoulder with his head tilted slightly upward to express his cocky mood. His facial expression shows that he is not paying attention to what his father is telling him and is just brushing it off…

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Greene and Greene, Gamble House, Pasadena, 1908 Richard Neutra, Lovell Health House, Los Angeles, 1929 Chris Rice ARE 36 Compare and contrast the architects’ styles, views on architecture, and the attributes of the specific houses listed above. Discuss how these buildings compare to others of the same times period. At a quick glance, the Gamble and Lovell homes could not be more different and for the most part that is a correct evaluation. There are however some similarities. The…

Looking at sculptures and paintings in person or in a museum rather than looking at them on a flat screen can drastically change the way you take in the artwork in many different ways. One good example is the Ladder for Booker T. Washington by Martin Puryear, which, in person, was vastly larger than I expected. When looking at an artwork in the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, you get to observe details and witness different focal points that you would most likely miss looking at a computer. In…

Paul Goldberger opens his essay by explaining the great depth that architecture emerges into art. My attention was immediately grabbed when he was explaining how architecture, “can be as tiny a gesture as painting the front door of a house red or grand as undertaking as creating the rose window of a cathedral”. He was explaining how architecture has no standard minimum or limitation within the design. Goldberger is supporting his evidence alongside how Frank Lloyd Wright explained how he…

Commentary Campus Richie Riches Need Archies March 01, 2002|BOB SHIREMAN | Bob Shireman, program director for higher education at the James Irvine Foundation, served as an education aide to President Clinton. Web site: www.irvine.org. Email Share Perhaps you have seen USC's advertisements playfully objecting to the "University of Spoiled Children" moniker that some had given the institution in years past. The ad made me wonder: If the spoiled children aren't at USC, where are they? They must be…

hotel until 1967 and then turned into Flagler College. This beautifully intricate building is made of sand, coquina shell gravel, and cement. The building itself is a gray colored and laced with red window panes and archways. There were several elements or principles i noticed in this building. The first one is balance the symmetry with the towers in the building are perfect. The next is context the building is located…

I. Some structures are built for a specific purpose, others as a form of art and some, a symbol of a growing country. After 2 ½ years later the Gateway Arch has become one of America’s iconic symbol of growth and prosperity. The Gateway Arch is located in St. Louis Missouri, it’s also on the east side of the Mississippi River. Eero Saarinen an architect came up with the design and won a contest from it. The Gateway arch is a fascinating historical structure built through the hard work of…

Emily Parrish 9/7/16 History of Arch/Furn/Interiors Cross English Georgian Architecture English Georgian is a name given to a style of Architecture and Design that started as early as 1700 and remains a classical favorite today. It is considered one of the most beloved aspects of classical European heritage. Named for the succession of English Kings named “George” beginning in 1715, English Georgian Architecture was actually born out of the Italian Rennaissance in Europe. "Georgian is a…

exhibits very striking and unique architecture. Received a very mixed reaction from public. 2008 poll - 4th in ‘UK buildings people would most like to see demolished.’ Despite this, design celebrated by architectural community Won several major awards, including: Centenary Medal - Edinburgh Architectural Association’s highest accolade that can be given by the association. Manuel de la Dehesa Prize - Presented alongside this was a special recognition award given to Miralles - 'Premio De…