A History of Western Architecture: Greece & Rome, Part II
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This course is presented by the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, a national nonprofit promoting the practice, understanding, and appreciation of classical design. To watch more online classes like this one, or to become a member and support our educational mission, visit www.classicist.org/ .
About the Course:
On May 20, 2020, the ICAA hosted the second in a series of two livestream courses with architectural historian Francis Morrone, with the goal to explore the basic history of Greek and Roman architecture, the development of the classical language of architecture, how the Romans transformed the Greek orders, and what it all meant for Western civilization going forward. Mr. Morrone discussed the development of the orders, temple architecture, the role of sculpture, the development of arch and vault construction, the triumphal arch, and more, with emphasis upon great monuments such as the Parthenon, the Colosseum, and the Pantheon.
In this video, Mr. Morrone focuses on the architecture of ancient Rome. Part I, focusing on the architecture of ancient Greece, is available here: • A History of Western Architecture: Gr...
What You Will Learn:
• The roots of Western architecture in ancient Greece and Rome
• The major monuments and significant lesser works of ancient Greek and Roman architecture
• An understanding of the orders of classical architecture and the ways in which they have been creatively adapted
• The terminology of classical architecture, through examples drawn from ancient Greek and Roman architecture
• The legacy of ancient Greek and Roman architecture throughout the course of Western architecture--and not least in New York City
About the Instructor:
Francis Morrone is an architectural historian and a writer and the author of twelve books, including “Guide to New York City Urban Landscapes,” published by W.W. Norton in 2013) and, with Henry Hope Reed, “The New York Public Library: The Architecture and Decoration of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building,” from W.W. Norton, 2011, as well as architectural guidebooks to Philadelphia and to Brooklyn. His “History of the East Village and Its Architecture” was published by the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, through a grant from the Preservation League of New York State, in 2018. He is the recipient of the Arthur Ross Award of the Institute of Classical Architecture and Art, the Landmarks Lion Award of the Historic Districts Council, and New York University’s Excellence in Teaching Award. He was named by Travel and Leisure magazine as one of the thirteen best tour guides in the world. He was for six and a half years an art and architecture critic for the New York Sun, and his writings appear in such publications as the New Criterion, City Journal, the Wall Street Journal, Humanities, and the Hopkins Review. His research interests include nineteenth-century architecture, the history and theory of classical architecture, public sculpture, and Edith Wharton, and he was scheduled to deliver the keynote lecture at the Edith Wharton Society Conference in June 2020.
Sponsors:
The ICAA would like to thank our Lead Sponsor for Continuing Education courses, Uberto Construction.
コメント (21)
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This two-part series has been so wonderful. Francis Morrone is erudite, passionate, and engaging; he really and deeply knows the subject and communicates it so well. Thank you so much for making these talks public.
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Terrific! Thank you for posting this publicly. Great stuff. Not a classicist, no classical education, just a fascinated onlooker. I had not heard of a rostral column, they are strange objects indeed. Now I know what to look out for!
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Love the lection in Roman architecture. Sooo interesting and inspiring. Love the slides !!!!!!!!!!!Thanks !!!!!!!!!!!
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Thank you for your empathy with all us who of this know less (for memorising a path).
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Athens is such a great city which deserves further study cause it affects the whole World not only in architecture but also other aspects.
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The best lecture I have ever encountered on this topic....Incredible slides....Perfection!
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The illustrations and images are great. I loved how easy to follow yet informing this was!
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Thank you so much for this, really enjoyed it!
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Thank you. I enjoyed it very much.
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I hope that you can do the Roman Byzantine Architecture lecture. This was GREAT!
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Wow, great video, nice array of buildings pictures. I really enjoyed the back and forth between the antique and how it's used in renaissance, 19th and modern classical architecture. Presenter being self-critical made him likable and approachable unlike most presenters especially if they're academics then they're usually arrogant (architecture historians).
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Excellent Video well done
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Chapeau!!!
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Excellent lots of the Macedonian architecture is in the mix too . Something to take into account
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Great video. I feel so foolish, I'd never put Etruscan and Tuscan together before.
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The Europeans (Greece and Italy) did a great job in their architecture, techniques etc. So much so that even the Germanic cultures (Germany, England, Switzerland, etc.) feel somehow part of that cultural sphere, even when they did not participate in its development other than as slaves.
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In Italian, the letter G in Gi or Ge sounds like the G in gee wiz. C in Ci or Ce sounds like Ch in cheese.
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Love your video but I don't like looking up your nosrils. Can you adjust your camera?
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Caementicum is a misspelling of caementicium.
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THAT IS THE GREAT TRUTH OF THESE! They are a language of design, they create a kind of dialogue b/t us & history. They speak in some way to the buildings of old. Those invoke such images communicate w/ the public which encounters them & invoke sentiments in the that public. It is rather like smiling & waving in a friendly way to someone on the street. Modernists are vandals, they are rather like autistic people in a way, incapable of connecting easily w/ others. Using poles to prop up buildings is really one of the 1st things we did when we built for ourselves shelters. Giving them a typical standard design was a natural development. We as humans need to connect to our environment, history & civilization. By refusing to acknowledge this, modernists refuse to acknowledge & connect w/ others.
