primera parte: la historia de los tiempos y espacios clasicos
1 historia y arquitectura
3 planicies, basamentos y plataformas
segunda parte: la invencion de lo clasico
5 los referentes de la antiguedad
6 la seccion gotica
7 fortificaciones y ciudades ideales
tercera parte: manifestaciones y contextos renacentistas
8 el incendio del borgo
9 el vestibulo de la biblioteca laurenziana
1O el palacio de carlos v
primera parte: la historia de los tiempos y espacios clasicos
1 what is architectural history
2 proportional systems
The subject of architectural proportional systems in the history of architecture, the topic of this special collection of essays in Architectural Histories, has long been characterized by a fundamental ambiguity: the word and concept of proportion simultaneously signify two unrelated and in some ways opposite meanings. Proportion can refer to ratios, or it can refer to architectural beauty. In this introduction to the papers that follow, Matthew A. Cohen proposes a simple clarification of this ambiguity as a framework for continued discussion of this subject: that whenever scholars use the word proportion, they specify whether they intend ‘proportion-as-ratio’ or ‘proportion-as-beauty’.
Cohen, M.A., 2014. Introduction: Two Kinds of Proportion. Architectural Histories, 2(1), p.Art. 21
3 plinths, platforms, plateaus
In 1962, Jørn Utzon, the architect of the Sydney Opera House, published a short yet seminal essay titled “Platforms and Plateaus.” The text is an account of his fascination with the architecture of the platform, of which Utzon mentions a few examples, including the giant platforms in the Yucatán, the plinth upon which Old Delhi’s Jama Masjid sits, the floor of a traditional Chinese or Japanese house, and the mysterious architecture of Monte Albán in Mexico.
segunda parte: la invencion de lo clasico
4 de bramante a palladio (florencia, roma y el veneto)
5 los referentes de la antiguedad
6 la invencion del gotico
7 fortificaciones y ciudades ideales
tercera parte: manifestaciones y contextos renacentistas
8 el incendio del borgo
9 el vestibulo de la biblioteca laurenziana
1O el palacio de carlos v