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Beauty of Architecture: Beauty of Architecture A Journey into Ancient European Architecture
Guide: Guide Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Byzantine
Gothic Architecture
Renaissance Church and Roman Style
Baroque and Classicalism
Enjoy Architecture
Some personal ideas
Ancient Greece: Ancient Greece Their thoughts about architecture: Give human’s beauty to buildings
Style: Terse, Magnificent, Natural and permanent
Material: From wood to stone
Highest Contribution: Columniation
Magnum Opus: Parthenon
Columniation: Columniation Ionic Order
爱奥尼亚柱式 Doric Order
多利克柱式 Definition: The style of each part of the stone girder and post structure system, and the way they are combined or connected.
Classification: Ionic and Doric
Its Effect: It is popular all over the world later and it is still used nowadays.
Parthenon: Parthenon Use Doric Order
Every post is oblique
There used to be a lot wonderful sculptures inside but they were taken away or destroyed
Ancient Rome: Ancient Rome Ancient Rome architecture is the most refulgent chapter in the world architecture history.
Most buildings are gathered in “permanent capital” Rome.
Top period: 1st to 4th century
Magnum Opus: Colossum and Pantheon
Colossum and Pantheon: Colossum and Pantheon Other pictures
Colossum: Colossum
Pantheon: Pantheon
Byzantine: Byzantine Founder: Constantine
Top period: 4th to 11th century
Magnum Opus: Hagia Sophia
Gothic Architecture: Gothic Architecture Best form: Cathedral
Very high
Color windows
Bright and wide inside
Use some light structures
Magnum Opus: Notre Dame, Charters, Reims, Amien and Cologne
Slide12: Cologne Amien Reims Notre Dame
Renaissance Church and Roman Style: Renaissance Church and Roman Style Use quite a lot Columniation
Magnum Opus: Pisa building caboodle
Baroque and Classicalism: Baroque and Classicalism Personality
Think much of color
Amalgamation of paintings, buildings and sculptures.
Calm
Steady
Think much of shape
paintings, buildings and sculptures are independent
Enjoy Architecture: Enjoy Architecture
Advantages of the Western Ancient Architecture: Advantages of the Western Ancient Architecture Through this journey, you will find that the western ancient buildings have a remarkable advantage. That is firmness and permanence. Some buildings have been standing for thousands of years.
But, generally, Chinese ancient architecture cannot be preserved for such a long time. For example, you can hardly find an aboveground building which was built 1000 years ago except some stone towers.
Comparison:
Chinese: Wooden Structure
Western: Stone Structure
Stone Structure is firmer and using it won’t affect nature a lot.
The End: The End Thank you!