History Of Architecture I

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Definition

History of Architecture

“It is a record of man’s effort to build beautifully. It traces the origin, growth and decline of architecture
styles which have prevailed lands and ages”

FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURAL AESTHETIC

HISTORY IS NOT DEFINITE.

HISTORY NEVER HAPPENS IN ISOLATION.
WHY ?

Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717 – 1768)

Is taste innate or can it be learned ?

“ Imitation “
Le Corbusier
1910
Villa Rotunda (1566) Villa Schwob (1916)
Villa Savoye, Paris
1928-31
ATMA Building,
Ahmedabad
1954
Chandigarh Assembly Building
1950’s
Chapel in Ronchamp,
France
1967
HOW ?

Georg Friedrich Hegel (1770– 1831)

How do we imitate in the most productive way possible

?
“ Dialectic “
Idea
Anti-thesis
(thesis)

Synthesis
Relevance to Architecture
Villa Rotunda (1566) Villa Schwob (1916)
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