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Parthenon
Athens, Greece
447 – 438 BC
Concept of Form and Proportion
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Parthenon:
Where: Athens, Greece at the Acropolis
When: 447 – 438 BC
Also known as The Golden Age of Greece
Who: Iktinos and Kallikrates, Architects
How: Pericles, tyrannical Athenian leader
misappropriated funds intended
for the army in order to fund the building program at the Acropolis
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Where: Athens, Greece at the Acropolis
When: 447 – 438 BC
Also known as The Golden Age of Greece
Who: Iktinos and Kallikrates, Architects
How: Pericles, tyrannical Athenian leader
misappropriated funds intended
for the army in order to fund the building program at the Acropolis
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Golden Section: A is to B as B is to
the sum of A and B
A = 1
B = 1.618 |
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How to create the Golden Rectangle:
Do the math:
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First, draw a square ABCD.
Then find the midpoint M
of side AB. Then, use a
compass to extend AB to
a point E, so that ME = MC.
Rectangle AEFD is a golden rectangle. To divide AB according to the golden section, use a compass to find a point G on AE so that EF = EG.
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Venus de Milo
Greek
c. 150 – 125 BC
Marble
Approx. 6’-7” high
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Zeus
From the sea off
Cape Artemision,
Greece
c. 460 – 450 BC
Bronze
Approx. 6’-10” high
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Doryphoros
Also know as the Spear Bearer By Polykleitos Greek (Roman marble copy from Pompeii, Italy after a bronze original of c. 450 – 440 BC) 6’-11” high
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Vitruvian
Man
Drawn by
Leonardo da Vinci
in one of his
notebooks about
1485 - 1490
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Vitruvius:
• Roman architect and engineer who lived in the
first century BC
• Author of the oldest and most influential work on
architecture in existence: The Ten Books on
Architecture and said: Well building hath
three conditions:
1. Firmness
2. Commodity
3. Delight
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Modular Man
By Le Corbusier
The Modular is the
Proportioning system
Based on the Fibonacci
Series (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13)
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• The modular was used in
the design of buildings in
order to” maintain the
human scale everywhere
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Le Corbusier said, “The Parthenon is certainly one of the purest works of art that man ever made.”
Villa Savoye Built 1929 outside Paris
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Pantheon
Rome, Italy
118 – 125 AD
Concept of Space
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Pantheon
Rome, Italy
118 – 125 AD
Concept of Space
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• Originally built in 31 BC, but destroyed by
huge fire in Rome in 80 AD
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• Current building dates from 125 AD, and built by the Emperor Hadrian
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• Used as a church in Medieval times, and since Renaissance times used as a tom
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• Height: 142 feet
• Width: 142 feet
• Largest span in existence until the dome of
Florence Cathedral was completed in 1436
• Largest unreinforced concrete dome in the
history of architecture
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• Circular/Spherical
• Coffered ceiling
• Oculus – 30 feet in diameter at top of dome
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Pantheon
Structure:
• Eight Corinthian columns at front of portico and
two groups of four behind
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• The drum supporting the dome has 21 foot thick
load-bearing walls
• The concrete dome is 4 feet thick at the thinnest
point at the top at the rim of the oculus
• The coffers in the ceiling lighten the load of the
dome on the drum
• The weight of the concrete dome is estimated to be
9,997,965 pounds. Do the math: How many tons?
9,997,965 ÷ 2000 = Approx. 5000 tons
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• The concrete is strengthened by aggregate (additives)
consisting of lava and ash from nearby volcanic eruptions
• Domes make use of the principle of compression.
Concrete has tremendous compressive strength but almost
no tensile strength (the ability to bend or flex).
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Salk Institute
Concept of Space
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Dome of
Florence Cathedral
Span: 143 ½ ft
Dome: begins 170 ft
above street level
Top of Dome: 280 ft
above street level
Sphere: 350 above street
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University of Virginia
Rotunda
Charlottesville, VA
Designed by
Thomas Jefferson
1822 – 1826
77 ft. high x 77 ft. wide
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Monticello
Charlottesville, VA
Designed by
Thomas Jefferson
1770 – 1806
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Glass House
By Philip Johnson
1949
New Canaan, CT
32 ft. x 56 feet
Steel, glass, brick
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Farnsworth House
By Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1945 – 1951
Plano, Illinois
1500 square feet
Steel, Glass, Marble
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Christina’s World
By Andrew Wyeth
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House of the
Vettii
First Style
Wall Painting
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Herculaneum:
Fourth Style
Wall Painting
Still Life with
Peaches
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House of the
Vettii
Home of the Vettius brothers
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Pompeii
House of the Vettii
Pompeii, Italy
2nd Century BC
Historic Preservation and Interiors
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Maison de Verre by
Pierre Chareau
Paris, France
Built 1932
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Red & Blue Chair by
Gerrit Rietveld
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Robie House by
Frank Lloyd Wright
Chicago, Illinois
Built 1907 – 1909
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House of the
Vettii
Second Style
Wall Painting
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House of the
Vettii
Third Style
Wall Painting
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Schröder House by
Gerrit Rietveld
Utrecht,
The Netherlands
Built 1924
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Painting by
Piet Mondrian
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