After dropping your bags off at the hotel, one of the first things you should do when you arrive in Rome is to get outside and go for a walk. As much as having a carefully-planned itinerary of things to see and do is a fantastic idea, if you really want to get a feel for how Rome works, you really can’t beat a simple stroll through the town centre by way of discovering the city for yourself.
Rome is a breathtakingly beautiful city, with myriad landmarks gracing streets in every direction. By taking a walk on your arrival the city will open up to you, revealing where some of the iconic locations you want to go to are and how the city connects on many levels.
In Rome, the past and the present go hand by hand – which is why you’ll be able to discover the most up to date office buildings standing proudly beside ancient Roman constructions. A love of history has ensured that the Romans have looked after their most significant buildings, meaning tourists can really enjoy seeing some fascinating structures which have retained a strong sense of their former glories.
A fantastic city for photographic opportunities, Rome is blessed with many chances to take some gorgeous pictures. With edifices and constructions such as The Vatican, Spanish Steps and the Colosseum all placed around the city’s magnificent centre, shutterbugs will definitely have something to smile about – unless, of course, they have to scale the Spanish Steps after taking pictures of them!
Don’t forget that there’s also the Roman Forum and the Pantheon, an amazing columned building originally built in dedication to the gods and still one of the buildings in Rome that garners the most awe from tourists and locals alike.
Naturally, Rome can be an appealing place to architecture fans, but its beauty extends so far that many travellers who don’t know a thing about architecture will still fall in love with its buildings. With such painstakingly intricate designs, Rome’s buildings truly are some of the most awe-inspiring in the world, and the city is absolutely wonderful for being introduced to just what type of amazing structures used to be designed in ancient Roman times – structures which have inspired similar designs all across the world.
It’s certainly worth enjoying a walk through the city first, though. Once you’ve arrived in whichever of the Rome hotels you’ll be staying in, get outside and look around-as you never know what hidden delights you could discover.
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Contrary to the other poster, the Greeks DID have the arch, they just really liked the post and lintel system a lot. One reason the Greeks liked the column is that, when constructed out of several discs (stacked, with a wooden post down the center) it provided excellent earthquake resistance in an area know for tremors. Using bricks and mortar, as in the arch, would not be as flexible in an earthquake.
Doric columns were usually very simple, having a rounded capital and usually no base, although sometimes they had square bases.
Ionic columns are characterized mainly by the use of scrolls for the capital. They had more elaborate bases that were usually made up of rounded sections.
Corinthian columns had very elaborate capitals. They had what look like floral designs on the capitals, and the bases were a lot like Ionic bases.
It's important to note that the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders were not just apparent in the columns. The style of art and decoration that went above the columns also changed during each period.
Temple at Luxor; 14th c B.C
Horemheb and Tutankhamun added columns
cannot find mention of source
Doric
This is a modern composite version of the capital of a Corinthian column. These means that a modern designer brought together a mixture of elements – such as the acanthus leaf decoration, the oval shaped detail known as egg and dart, the swag of leaves which is derived from Roman triumphal arches – all having their original in Greek and Roman models. http://www.archcolumns.com/products/columncapitals.htm#Roman_Corinthian_Column_Capital
graceful proportions/use of persperctive. the representative or the plebeians in Rome were called nobiles
A pediment is the triangle on the front of the buildings.
Secondly, all columns have capitals, not just Ionic. Doric columns have a plain capital (and no base), Ionic capitals consist of two scrolls, and Corinthian capitals have leaves/foliage and sometimes scrolls too.
You can find a lot of construction detail on sites associated with the "9/11 Truth Movement." You see the 9/11 Commission report stated that there was no internal steel support columns, but if you check the truther's site, you will see pictures of the twin tower construction with 38 steel support columns. If the truther's are right, then the 9/11 Commission progressive collapse theory is all wet. They've agreed that progressive collapse is impossible, but they don't have a plausible second explanation.
The PBS special is not reliable. It ignores the fact that the steel support in the center would have protruded. The steel support structure appears to have been undermined and cut. In other words, the construction of the towers suggests that the destruction was a planned demolition.
The core was not hollow, despite what the previous administration wants you to believe.
How about architecture outside of Italy?
Ephesus has great stuff…
The Roman Celsus Library.
The Gate of Augustus
The Temple of Hadrian
Yes, it's the 'pediment'.
This is really not bad at all. I hope you get a good grade.
But, what about other cultures and their contributions, such as the Egyptians and Chinese.
I always hear a lot about the Greek culture I think because it is the easiest to write about but the world does not begin or end with one culture.
Most likely Romanesque–although it was a medieval architectural style, the term wasn't used until the 19th century. The columns (and general build!) of the buildings are generally low and thick-set, and many elements were inspired by Roman architecture–hence the name.
Gothic architecture is high, airy, and usually tries to mask columns, so that would not make sense. Byzantine architecture makes particular use of the dome, and is not particularly known for its columns–nor are they generally squat, thick columns.
Yeah, use concrete. And an architect isn't going to know squat about this subject.
Doric
Architecture. Like the Greek columns.
Go to the Library and check out a few books on Greek Architecture.
It appears you will also need marble, a hammer and a chisel.
As suggested: Google is your friend…
You have a print of the painting. The numbers 122 / 295 mean 122 of 295, meaning there were 295 prints made in that run, and you have the 122nd one. being that it's signed and numbered, it probably is worth some money, but you're certainly not going to get rich. I'd hang on to it.
The Notre Dame situated in Paris
hope this helps.
http://www.ancient-greece.org/architecture.html
considering that all the work on them had to be done by hand with simple tools, it took a lot of labor, either paid or slave, to make each column.
message: i have scores of men and resources at my disposal
they are made of stone, so built to last for hundreds if not thousands of years.
message: my works will endure so my name will endure
they hold up massive stone roof elements, so they are strong.
message: my works are mighty so i am mighty
they are the shape of a penis
message: i am virile
the term for that is PYCNOSTYCE.
Reinforced concrete is a very poor building material for beams due to the fact that concrete has zero tensile strength in tension. A more realistic building material for a beam would be prestressed concrete or steel. Prestressed concrete beams can cross a very long distance without a column to support them, however they become very deep as the get longer making them impractical. That is why most beams are made of steel which is much more shallow giving you more usable space in a structure. The most common limiting factor on how long a beam can be inside a structure is actually the length of the truck hauling the beam. The longest truck bed allowed by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) is 53'. A beam supporting 53' would probably be about 3' deep and then you would have to leave room for air ducts below that so for every 10' of usable space you would have somewhere around 5' between floors. It would be better to add columns at about 30'-40' intervals and save space between floors. That would only take up about 3'-4' between floors.
Well this is good question. As you probably know, all "Islamic" architecture came from pre-islamic Persian architecture after the muslim conquest of Persia. When different Middle Eastern groups began mimicking Persian architecture they tried to develope their own styles. The Arabs started used square minarets very commonly and they worked on blending that architecture with the architecture of Africa. The Ottomans on the other hand tried to impress others with the size of their mosques and blended Persian architecture with that of the Byzantines. Persian Architecture became more and more detailed in Persia as time passed because in Iran architecture is sometimes considered an art. Persians have always had a tradition of focusing on detail. Just look at Persepolis. It is 2500 years old and everything that remains on it is covered in detail.
~*~ American colonial architecture, also called Colonial Georgian, characterizes the style of domestic architecture, church buildings and some institutional and government buildings that were built in America from the earliest colonies.
The defining characteristics of Georgian architecture are its square, symmetrical shape, central door, and straight lines of windows on the first and second floor. There is usually a decorative crown above the door and flattened columns to either side of it. The door leads to an entryway with stairway and hall aligned along the center of the house. All rooms branch off of these. Georgian buildings, in the English manner were ideally in brick, with wood trim, wooden columns and entablatures painted white. In the US, one found both brick buildings as well as those in wood with clapboards. They were usually painted white, though sometimes a pale yellow. This differentiated them from most other structures that were usually not painted.
A Colonial-style house usually has a formally-defined living room, dining room and sometimes a family room. The bedrooms are typically on the second floor. They also have one or two chimneys that can be very large.
Another architecture style was Colonial Revival, a nationalistic architectural style and interior design movement in the United States.
In the early 1890s Americans began to value their own heritage and architecture. This also came after the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 rewakened Americans to their colonial past. Colonial Revival sought to follow the Colonial style of the period around the Revolutionary War, usually being two stories in height with the ridge pole running parallel to the street, a symmetrical front facade with an accented doorway and evenly spaced windows on either side of it.
The books and atmospheric photographs of Wallace Nutting helped spur the style.
Features that make them distinguishable from colonial period houses of the similar style of the early 1800s are elaborate front doors, often with decorative crown pediments and overhead fanlights and sidelights, but with machine-made woodwork that had less depth and relief than earlier handmade versions. Window openings, while symmetrically located on either side of the front entrance, were usually hung in adjacent pairs or in triple combinations rather than as single windows. Side porches or sunrooms were common additions to these homes, introducing modern comforts. Also distinctive in this style are multiple columned porches and doors with fanlights and sidelights. To go along with the Colonial Revival style of architecture, owners often seek to furnish the house with furnishings that are preferably antique but often are reproductions.
The back span of the cantilevered joist (into the building) must be at least twice the cantilevered distance, but a 3:1 ratio is preferred.
What about an amphitheatre?
Here is a diagram of the Doric/Ionic/Corinthian columns (and the parts of a column!): http://www.utexas.edu/courses/introtogreece/lect11/a%20architecstyles0002020002.jpg
Hopefully that at least starts to help, I will try to find more information later.
I do know that the architecture was meant to represent perfection, or at least striving toward it. Columns are slightly convex so that, to an observer on the ground, they appear perfectly straight. Rectangles are used frequently, and the so-called "golden triangle" is used repeatedly in both art and architecture. The carvings do often represent mythology, or at least mythical figures.
What city do you want a plan of? Athens?
These are the city plans I could find, not sure of how good they are for what you want:
http://socrates.clarke.edu/athens.gif
http://www.sikyon.com/athens/Monuments/athens_recns_eg.html
Hopefully those are at least somewhat helpful!
Probably the most famous is the Roman Colosseum. A site with lots of pictures is
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Roman_Colosseum.html
There were three types, which the Romans copied from the Greeks. They were
Doric, Corinthian and Ionic
Doric was the oldest and simplest of the three main orders of classical Greek architecture, characterized by heavy fluted columns with plain, saucer-shaped capitals and no base.
Ionic was characterized by two opposed volutes in the capital. (See examples of each column in the link below.)
Corinthian was the most ornate of the three main orders of classical Greek architecture, characterized by a slender fluted column having an ornate bell-shaped capital decorated with acanthus leaves.
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I've read the first answer over, and am now prepared to say, that my Ancient Times columns were up to the Decline Of The Empire, circa 500 A.D. to 1000 A.D. and Answerer Ones Tuscan columns were made in the 16th century. So we are are both right in different time periods.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuscan_order
Thanks, answerer number one! I learn a lot here! (Though I am a bit confused now. The old, simple beliefs are better.) Giotto!
Scroll work, scroll shell, c-scroll. (That tat's cool)
Try DOLLAR SCROLL!
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Hi! Here's a bunch of information that will help:
http://www.miraclerosarymission.org/bernini.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomonic_column
http://www.saintpetersbasilica.org/Docs/SPV/Bernini-at-StPeter%27s-1.htm#Baldacchino
http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/m/marder-bernini.html
http://books.google.com/books?id=aSV_y8aSbycC&pg=PA573&lpg=PA573&dq=columns+Bernini&source=bl&ots=-uhz7WljJc&sig=iWsy0cLMXJSGm7MbSya23oKxVFc&hl=en&ei=UL4SSt7xAdLemQedtozuAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9
http://www.ewtn.com/library/HOMELIBR/BERBALD.TXT
http://books.google.com/books?id=YOfQOpx0UvsC&pg=PA65&lpg=PA65&dq=columns+Bernini&source=bl&ots=jRNanHvcPv&sig=bUNJiNAGSyAFInwFTvFdN93j6rA&hl=en&ei=Cb8SSqrkKpGCmQfnkJHvAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9
marble (make it authentic), polystyrene foam, carved soap, balsa wood, jade, hand-blown glass, concrete, bronze (using the lost-wax process), ice carving, paper/fiber board/duct tape,… the options are endless and only depnd on your budget, time and creativity. Use legos – they were "invented" for the purpose of modeling architectural and structural things.
I do not think so. Delicate marble columns of Alhambra Palace as the rest of it are a master peace of islamic architecture.
"The columns supporting the roof and gallery are irregularly placed …. etc" is said at http://books.google.com/books?id=-icoAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA689&lpg=RA1-PA689&dq=The+columns+supporting+the+roof+and+gallery+are+irregularly+placed&source=web&ots=uxmQl1RwFN&sig=ZYAOjWx6nKeh48BuPocprCd4dTw&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result
San Jose is a place that was influenced by Roman architecture and art.
Yes, you still need to support the beams with something. Perhaps a concrete pier could be used or a shorter lally column.
try the link. I think it could help.
"The Pantheon" means "all the Gods", it is not a piece of architecture.
Do you mean the Parthenon????????????????????
It has columns.
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/greekrev.html
is all in this link
Your question is difficult, the architecture in Ancient period.
The Greek columns and Roman columns are true both as both each other Art style between the Greek and Roman is very difficult to separate.
This period had three oder columns: Corinthien oder; Ionic oder; Doric oder. In there, Doric columns seem most slender. Look at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_order
use the minimum tie beam dimensions, 20cmx30cm, it seems you do not have heavy loads, also use 14mm steel bars 4 in each beam, two at the top and two at the bottom, use 8mm stirups , that is all what you need
A tough one.
The fluted columns should be enough of a headache.
And the capital on the Ionic just add to the pain.
If you aren't going to do the flutes, then keep everything easy.
Architecture is about defining usable space.
A model can over look some details.
Oh I just thought. Is your project just columns? I hope not.
If it is then print examples of those columns in detail.
Use a model with plain pegs to define the space.
Sorry not much help.
If you think about it –
These are structures that are very solid and hard, usually stone. That's powerful.
Also, they're supporting some of the heaviest parts of buildings and structures, which is powerful. I hope this helps.
Museum
Your kidding right? All the effort you just put forth by typing that whole bit could have been used to research it. Actually they answers are pretty easy. Take time to look on wikipedia or google. Where will you get if you always expect someone else to do your work for you? Not far I'd wager. Put some more effort into. Possibly, get a sibling or parent to help give suggestions to where you can find the answers.
San Pedro de Alcantara Church / Pakil Church in Laguna – The Franciscan church was completed in 1767, after 35 years of construction. Its architectural design is reminiscent of the Corinthian and Ionic styles
http://www.wowphilippines.com.ph/explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=thingstodo&province=18
capitol building in pangasinan
http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2006/11/28/welcome-to-pangasinan/
Manila Post office
Miagao Church
http://miagao.tripod.com/church/motif.htm
guagua church – pampanga
http://www.visitclark.com/LERT/guagua_church.asp