Wednesday, 9 May 2012

Renaissance: Influences to modernism and other

Renaissance had a big influence on architecture from then on and ere is quite a few qualities from modern architecture that can be credited to renaissance period

Renaissance gain history elements but uses proportion of man and human study, and uses symmetry and harmony that later appears in most modernist architecture.

It also has symmetrical facade and the geometry shape, square and circle which later show up in a lot of modernism work from the vienna succession, the Secessionist building which contain both circle and square form, building to lots of work from Le Corbusier, Louis Kahn and other.


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                   Renaissance Architecture             Vienna Secessionist Building, Vienna Secession Architecture



It has column, balance window ( and smaller at the top floor) where windows in both the renaissance period and modernist period are usually balance in size proportion numbers and symmetry.

It has also has vanishing point and perspective, smooth stone wall, uses number & proportion as 1L = 2W = 3W

The late renaissance the also uses fake perspective and secred cut.

Formal and public buildings to banks uses some elements from renaissance architecture to give the appearance of security, trustability, formality and strength.

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