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The Story of Architecture Architektur_001-015_GB.qxdArchitektur_001-015 01.02.2006 11.10.2012 10:58 Uhr11:00 Seite Uhr 3Seite 3 (Schwarz/Process Black Auszug) Jan Gympel THE STORY OF ARCHITECTURE FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT Architektur_001-015_GB_neuArchitektur_001-015 01.02.2006 13.06.2006 10:58 16:32 Uhr Uhr Seite Seite 6 6 (Text black Bogen) ARCHITECTURE IN ANCIENT Several other questions always arise: Who com- EGYPT 2900–700 B.C. missioned buildings? Who built them? For whom and for what purpose were they built? What form Building – a basic need and social act do they take and which materials were used? Not all In ancient Greek the architect was known as the buildings are prestigious affairs aiming to impress “master builder” (“archi-tekton”). Architecture was with their size, volume, style and decorative detail. considered the “mother” of the visual arts, as However, all buildings reflect the spirit of their time, painting and sculpture often developed in the or at least that of the people who commissioned Laying the foundations context of a building project; for example, in the them and the architects who designed them. More form of murals or friezes. Even magical cult cave than any other human creation, a building rep- ANTIQUITY paintings served as decorations for dwellings. resents the social context: building is a social act Unlike all other forms of art, the primary aim of which nearly always takes place in the social arena. AND EARLY architecture was to fulfil the basic human need for It is an expensive activity and therefore dependent security. Buildings provided protection from the on power and wealth. Hence, elaborate buildings CHRISTIANITY weather and wild animals. Thus, it is almost im- tell a lot about the people and activities important to 2900 B.C.–540 A.D. possible to escape the evidence of building activity the ruling group in a given society. wherever people lived. It is no accident that religious buildings have an However, spiritual and intellectual needs also have a important role to play in the history of architecture. role to play when it comes to building. “The four As history has shown, religion fulfils what is walls” and “roof over his/her head” separate a possibly man’s most important spiritual need, i.e. human being from the surrounding environment the need to bestow (a higher) meaning on exist- and in doing so create something of individual hu- ence, to explain the incomprehensible and insuf- man proportions. Buildings also change the external ferable, to provide prospects of a higher justice for environment in which they stand: the yard, the unatoned wrongs and to offer the comfort of village and the town are artificial environments continued life, rebirth or resurrection after death. wrested from nature. Thus, much can be surmised Thus, as well as providing shelter for people, since about the person responsible for a building from the ancient times dwellings have also been built for the way the relationship between the interior and gods. In keeping with the elevated position of the exterior is presented. Does the building have thick latter, these buildings tend to be more durable and opaque or transparent glass walls? Do the impressive than those erected for mere mortals. entrances, exterior steps, outer courts or fences create a sense of openness or distance? EGYPT: GREECE: ROME: The Old Kingdom (2850–2052 B.C.): Ca. 560 B.C.: Peisistratos establishes Ca. 750 B.C.: Foundation of Rome. The pharaoh is the absolute hereditary the great Dionysia festivals in Athens 218 B.C.: Hannibal progresses king, initially the incarnation of Horus, with musical competitions and across the Alps towards Rome. the falcon god, after the 4th dynasty theatrical productions. son of the sun god Re. Famous 45 B.C.: Julius Caesar sole ruler of 490 B.C.: Battle near Marathon, pyramids built 3rd–6th Dynasty. Sun the Roman Empire. victory of Athens over previously worship official religion. undefeated Persians, rise of Athens 27 B.C.: Emperor Augustus assumes Hieroglyphics and calendars. to major political power. power as Senate-approved The Middle Kingdom (2052–ca. “princeps”. 477 B.C.: Foundation of the Attic 1570 B.C.): Unification of Egypt by maritime alliance as a protective 54 A.D.: Nero becomes emperor. Mentuhotep II of Thebes. force against the Persians. Construction of vast temple 70 A.D.: Conquest and destruction complexes in Karnak, the seat of 443–429 B.C.: The age of Pericles: of Jerusalem by Titus. Athens is “democracy by name; in Amon, principal deity of the land. 79 A.D.: Vesuvius erupts in Pompeii. reality, however, the monarchy of the The New Kingdom (1570–715 first man”. 161–80 A.D.: Marcus Aurelius B.C.): Egypt becomes a leading Roman emperor. power, expeditions to Asia and 431–404 B.C.: Peloponnesian War Nubia, greatest display of power ends the hegemony of Sparta; the 313 A.D.: Edict of Milan ensures under Queen Hatshepsut, greatest Persian Empire emerges as ultimate religious freedom for Christians. extension of the kingdom under victor from the international power 330 A.D.: Byzantium is renamed Tuthmosis III. Temple complexes in struggles. Constantinople and becomes the Karnak, Luxor, Abu Simbel. 336–323 B.C.: Alexander the Great Christian capital of the empire. The Late Period (715–332 B.C.): moves to India: idea of world 391 A.D.: Christianity becomes Alexander the Great conquers Egypt supremacy, spreading of Greek Sensuous delight in the use of official religion of the Roman Empire; (332 B.C.). culture. marble: the Venus de Milo. all pagan cults are outlawed. 6 ANTIQUITY (2900 B.C.–540 A.D.) Architektur_016-019_GB_neuArchitektur_016-019 01.02.2006 13.06.2006 11:07 16:32 Uhr Uhr Seite Seite 19 19 (Text black Bogen) TAJ MAHAL The Taj Mahal is a majestic mausoleum, which the Shah Jahan (ruled the main dome form a pyramid-like link which gives the central building an 1628–58) commissioned in commemoration of his wife Mumtaj Mahal, who upward thrust. This is reinforced by the four corner minarets which do not died in childbirth. The shining white marble building stands outside the garden detract from the dominance of the central mausoleum. The Taj Mahal is strictly of Shahar Bag, as Shah Jahan wanted to be buried in a similar black marble symmetrical on all sides and its transparency gives many nuances of colour with mausoleum which he planned to have built on the opposite bank of the the movement of the sun during the day. Yamuna river. In 1658, he was supplanted by his son Aurangzep who The interior of the mausoleum is defined by the planned procession of pilgrims destroyed his father’s plans and buried him beside his beloved wife in the and the central tomb chamber, which also links the four ancillary rooms on the Taj Mahal. diagonal axes of the building. The burial chamber is covered by a semi-dome, The complex is accessed through a red sandstone gateway which provides a above which the second enormous onion dome rises. The latter is, however, conscious contrast to the white marble of the mausoleum. Having entered the only visible from the outside. A large unused blind space lies between the two complex, the observer faces the powerful mausoleum from a distance. The domes. building is reflected in a long pool of water in the foreground. The architect of the Taj Mahal is not known by name, a fact which has given rise The Taj Mahal has a square plan with slanting corners. A high tambour supports to speculation. There is also much debate as to the extent to which the Taj the enormous onion dome, which is 28 metres in diameter and 65 metres in Mahal can be seen as a fully independent building of the Indian Moghul height. Each side of the tambour is flanked by a 20-metre-high longitudinal hall tradition, and to what extent it was influenced by the Timuridic mausoleums and (iwan), the frame of which exceeds the ceiling height. Pavilions on both sides of the Persian-Safavidic onion domes. is decorated with mosaics, geometric or floral being reminded of the imaginary world of fairy tales planar ornamentation or with decorative scripts. when they see such buildings. The architecture of These are abstract forms developed because of the the East is ultimately alien to them. This association ban on figurative representation, which are is so deeply rooted that the European and even important in terms of their contribution to the overall Early Christian architecture which was adopted, impression of mosques. All this has proved further developed and propagated by Islam seems sufficient to inspire Western observers to use the alien. Most Westerners would probably identify the terms “fairy tale majesty and beauty” in describing Hagia Sophia, once the greatest Christian church, as the most famous and typical works of Islamic art. a mosque – even without the minaret which was la- These terms are revealing. Texts, illustrations and ter added. Islam left its architectural traces in films, which located the stories from “A Thousand Europe. However, its influence on European and One Nights” in medieval-Islamic architecture, architecture is reflected almost exclusively in have led to most members of Western civilisation ornamentation. ISLAM (622-1600) 19 Architektur_030-041_GB_neuArchitektur_030-041 15.02.2006 13.06.2006 12:56 16:33 Uhr Uhr Seite Seite 30 30 (Text black Bogen) CLASSICAL CATHEDRAL kings and spread throughout France along with the GOTHIC IN FRANCE influence of the crown. With its King’s Gallery on 1130–1300 the façade, and as the site of royal coronation and entombment, it lends visual legitimacy to the royal claim to power (like the imperial Romanesque From solid to skeletal structures cathedral).
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