The Great Structures in Architecture

The Great Structures in Architecture :

From Antiquity to Baroque

2006 | 272 pages | PDF | 36,5 MB

Starting in antiquity and finishing in the Baroque, this book provides a complete analysis of significant works of architecture from a structural viewpoint. A distinguished architect and academic, the author’s highly illustrated exploration will allow readers to better understand the monuments, get closer to them and to explore whether they should be conserved or modified. 

Contents: Stones Resting on Empty Space; The Invention of the Dome; The Hanging Dome; The Ribbed Dome; A Planified Revenge - Under the Shadow of Brunelleschi; The Century of the Great Architects; The Omnipresent Sinan; Even Further; The perfect symbioses form-function in the high Baroque architecture; Scenographical architecture of the 18th century; The virtual architecture of the Renaissance and the Baroque.

 

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Origins, Imitation, Conventions

Origins, Imitation, Conventions :

Representation in the Visual Arts.

342 pages | PDF | 17,1 MB

This collection contains studies written by art historian James Ackerman over the past decade.

The "origins" studied here include the earliest art history and criticism; the beginnings of architectural drawing in the Middle Ages and Renaissance; Leonardo Da Vinci's sketches for churches, the first in the Renaissance to propose supporting domes on sculpted walls and piers; and the first architectural photographs.

 "Imitation" refers to artistic achievements that in part depended on the imitation of forms established in practices outside the fine arts, such as ancient Roman rhetoric and print media.

 "Conventions," like language, facilitate communication between the artist and viewer, but are both more universal (understood across cultures) and more fixed (resisting variation that might diminish their clarity). The three categories are closely linked throughout the book, as most acts of representation partake to some degree of all three.

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Grammaire de l'architecture

Grammaire de l'architecture

 238 pages en français.

La Grammaire de l'architecture rend accessible aux étudiants comme au grand public un large éventail de termes architecturaux qui ont servi à décrire les constructions à travers le monde et à travers les âges. 

De l'Egypte ancienne, Babylone, la Grèce antique au Roman, Gothique, la Renaissance et le Baroque.

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Grammaire de l'architecture

Grammaire de l'architecture

sous la direction de Emily Cole.

238 pages en français.

La Grammaire de l'architecture rend accessible aux étudiants comme au grand public un large éventail de termes architecturaux qui ont servi à décrire les constructions à travers le monde et à travers les âges. De l'Egypte ancienne, Babylone, la Grèce antique au Roman, Gothique, la Renaissance et le Baroque.

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