Rose Window

A ROSE WINDOW COMPOSITION 

HAIKU 

Hues Contrast Each Other

As Light Shines Through Glass

Forming Rose Windows 

Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian Columns.

                   

     DORIC, IONIC, AND CORINTHIAN COLUMNS   

                                         Doric Columns

Doric Columns are one of three different designs of columns constructed by the Greeks in ancient times. Doric Columns are very classical and are used in historical sightings such as the Parthenon and are also still used in modern day buildings. The capitals of Doric columns are smooth and somewhat plain compared to the other designs that the Greeks used on columns. Trigly and Metopes are what makes up the designs of Doric columns, for they are the design of the columns.

     Ionic Columns

 An Ionic Column is another type of design of columns that the Greeks and later Romans used to create their buildings. Unlike the Doric Columns the Ionic columns have much more design and the capitals of the columns are decorated and curved. Ionic Columns are also used to make up modern day buildings. 

                                                                                                                                                  Corinthian Columns 

Corinthian Columns are more ornate than both the Doric and Ionic Columns. The capitals of Corinthian Columns are decorated with acanthus leaves and scrolls. Corinthian Columns were the last decorated columns by the Greeks and are also still very popular in modern buildings today. 

Websites Used: www.goddess-athena.org  www.igoholiday.com www.brosco.com www.njcu.edu

www.pacificcolumns.org www.firstclassbp.com www.quezi.xom

Klismos Chair

                                       KLISMOS CHAIR

Klismos Chair  

Modern Day Klismos Chair

The Klismos Chair is an Ancient Greek chair that looks as if it were designed specifically for the comfort humans. The use of wood and not concrete or other heavy material at that time gives special meaning to this chair, such as warmth. Carving the curved legs and the curved back of the chair would have been very difficult during those times because wood isn't that easy to manipulate. Also, the way the actual seat was made looks as it were a sturdy net to hold humans. Today you can find the Klismos Chair in many locations. There are lots of replicas of the chair, and the chair is also featured in many paintings, drawings and different potteries all over the world.  

Websites used: www.housebeautiful.com
www.asdinteriors.wordpress.com

                                                                                              

                                                                       

                                                                                       

A Comparison Across Time: Social Media.

Social Media

 

The Principle that is being described in this social media post is Unity. The light and the dark parts of each building as well as the sky, which can be seen in some of the photographs of the buildings, are being contrasted with each other and this makes the piece look unified as a whole. Some of those photographs were taken inside as well as outside of the 3 different buildings here at the University of Kentucky. Miller Hall being the newest of the 3 is what I would call the most modern of the 3 buildings. Even though Miller Hall,White Hall, and the R.G. Anderson Building are differently constructed they all share one common thing, red brick.

Modern

MODERN BUILDING

I found this house on the internet when searching on good "modern buildings". This house is modern to me not only because of the shape that it was constructed but also because of the material used and how the materials were used. Glass and wood on the outside frame of the house is pretty modern because in the last few decades houses were constructed of strictly concrete and bricks with glass windows.

Gothic Cathedrals

             

                                  GOTHIC CATHEDRALS

            Cologne Cathedral

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne_Cathedral

                       Florence Cathedral

http://heidiewalton.wordpress.com/2013/09/23/florence-cathedral/

Today while reviewing the website of the Gothic Cathedrals I learned that many of the cathedrals such as Cologne and Florence contrasted each other because the Florence was more of a church building while the Cologne was more on the Gothic or dark side. If these were all made during the "Gothic" time period, then why don't they all represent the dark side? Well, that just goes to show that all these cathedrals may not have been so Gothic even though they were constructed during the Gothic time period. The way the designers used light was also a a great factor because the more light the more bright and less light would've obviously made the buildings darker.

Square, Traingle, Column, and Circular Buildings.

SQUARE, TRIANGLE, COLUMN, AND CIRCULAR BUILDINGS.

TRIANGLE 

inhabitant.com/project-triangle 2008 By: Herzog and De Mueron Location: Paris, France

This building also known as the Triangle Tower resembles the early pyramids because it is indeed a triangle. The way that this building is skinny at the top and wide at the bottom shows that it has some of the same characteristics as the pyramids back in those times.

                                              SQUARE

www.walkingpaper.org 1965(updated since then) By: Giovanni Solocci 

This library known as the Stadtbibliothek Stuttgart in Stuttgart, Germany, is an example of a square building. All four sides of this building are equal and the diagonals of the square are perpendicular.

COLUMN

davidwallphoto.com November 1929 By: Grierson, Aimer, and Draffin in  North Island, New Zealand

 This Museum, The Auckland War Muesum, was built in 1929 and is categorized as a column building because it has rows and columns just as the Greeks and Romans had on their buildings.

                                            CIRCULAR

http://www.buildingbetterhealthcare.co.uk 2010 By:The Moller Architects in Malmo, Sweden

This health care building in Malmo, Sweden represents a circular building. A circular building built back in earlier times would have most likely been some kind of arena or venue, and this modern day building kind of favors that because it is constructed in a circular form with things going on in the center of it.

Stone Henge

                                 STONEHENGE

I personally believe that Stonehenge may have been used as a religious facility composed of altars, a place of healing, and also a calendar because time heals all.
I don't think that we give those early humans enough credit, in fact in some ways I actually think they may have been smarter than us or let's say as smart as us. If this monument was actually a calendar the people who built Stonehenge were absolute geniuses. The architecture such as the ways they used joints to connect the stones, the specific orders the stones were placed in, the specific measurements of the stones, and the designs of the stones as well as the designs carved in these stones show that they weren't completely dull and have similar characteristics of humans today. In fact the architecture that we used today has been solely influenced by the way the early humans built places.