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- Il Gesu Rome
- Arch = Giacomo della Porta. Stories overlap; layers; process of entry; takes pattern of Sta. Maria Novella, updates, gives it 3D
- St. Peter's Rome
- arch = Carlo Maderno. 4 reasons to add nave: 1) pagan assoc. of the centr. plan; 2) nothing of old nave should be left uncovered; 3) need for benedictional loggia; 4) emph. on processions; facade = too low and lumpy; orig. 2 tower design - couldnt cuz of foundation; cupolus provided lighted aisles
- Coronaro Chapel
- arch = Bernini. Burial chapel; "curve-countercurve" (oval shape). Hidden light src. window above altar. skel's in marble floor. it. baroque rel. of arch/sculp/painting
- Vaux le Vicomte
- arch = le vau; artist = le brun; landscape arch = le notre; marked end of 1st phase of Fr. Baroque arch.; house -process of entry; proj. pavil's; 2 facades; garden; suite style - landscape - wing and pavillion; grande vista; - library - painting/sculpture/arch.
- East Facade Louvre
- arch = le vau, artist = le brun; perrault = early plans rej. by Bernini. Tech aspects more innovative than aesth. Metal reinf. where structurally adventagous. Imperial in design.
- Versailles
- Rebuilding by Le Vau; Finished by Mansart: Entry/Exit as process (alless/axes); Grand vista; chapel - last in long line of 2 story chapels; Ceremonial aspects are CRITICAL: stage setting for ceremony of state = king: architecture in support of the monarchy. Painting to glorify image of son god for Louis XIV: Colbert becomes fin. min. and estab. french acad. system.
- Vierzehnheiligen Facade
- arch = balthasar neuman. johann feuchtmayer (stucco work); mult. focal pts. Oval forms imply movement/tension. Ornament eats away at hte clear distinction b/n parts and the clear def. of arch orders. Pilgramage church. Rococo ornament.
- Saint Pauls Cathedral
- Christopher Wren. Plans constantly changing. Fasc. w/ cent. plan. Clergy wants longitudinal plan; Triple dome - ext. dome = f.p.; middle dome = spts. lantern; inner dome = rel. to vaults - parapet masks buttressing - greek cross
- Strawberry Hill
- Horace Walpole. Medieval Historicism. Picturesque/ Goth. Rococo. GR = decorate surf. Pict. = stim. imag. "studied irreg" Superficial adoption of Goth. motifs. Connected to idea of Grand Tour.
- Stourhead Gardens
- Henry Hoare. Contro. over question of picturesque; beautiful; sublime; grand tour; remembered monuments
- Pantheon (Ste. Genevieve)
- Jacques Germain Soufflot. "Purified" vers of Class. arch. Rationalized. Combine Goth/Greek - Huge windows; INTERIOR space; thin columns - Medieval Plan - Romanesque. Cautious att. toward use of new mat'ls
- Royal Brighton Pavilion
- John Nash. For Prince of Wales. Exotic. Oriental. Tied up w/ exp of empire. New Materials used. Fnc = villa suburbana for extended stays. Metal used and disguised
- House of Parliament
- Sir. Charles Barry & AWN Pugin. Gothic hisoticism/Picturesque. Use towers as cooling, ventilation devices. Some tower functional; Pugin thinks gothic only true "christian style" correct for england
- British Museum and reading room
- Sir Roberts & Sydney Smirke. New category for pub use: pub. museum/library. Classical. New mat'ls - cast iron/glass. Sydney did the library. Dome on reading room.
- City of Paris
- Haussmann. 1st total concept. Pub/civic monuments as F.P.'s. Ferroconcrete used in sewers. Ht. restrictions imposed. Built on existing factors (grand axe/croisse/grand vista/blvds). Made paris a mdn city. Improved transportation - streets/nodes/Central Mkts...rec areas...fixed water/sewage
- Paris Opera
- Charles Garnier. "Palace of culture" 3 theatres - pub/stage/set stage - 3 entrances - foot traff./carriage w/ ladies/emperor...ideas to see and be seen; grand galley - stairs (one for women/one for men) - no iron; masonery; concerned w/ appearance not structure
- Notre-Dame de Paris and VLD
- VLD. Restored ND. Most impressive as a theorist/restorer than architect. Prolific writer. "Form and structure function one and the same thing" Bridge to 19th century
- Crystal Palace
- Joseph Paxton. Mass prod. of parts (9 months to bld). Easy assemb. Cast/wrought iron and glass. Built for worlds fair of 1851
- Eiffel Tower
- Eiffel. 1889 World Fair. Mass prod. 1st use of pass. elevators. Tallest iron struct. 21 months. MORRIS KOECHLIN = act. designer. Eiffel builder. 5 mo's to build foundation. Wind = greast prob.