1、1Western ArchitectureWestern Architecture2Outlines:Ancient Greek And Roman ArchitectureAncient Greek And Roman ArchitectureGothic ArchitectureGothic ArchitectureRenaissance ArchitectureRenaissance ArchitectureBaroque ArchitectureBaroque ArchitectureModern ArchitectureModern Architecture3Ancient Gree
2、k And Roman ArchitectureAncient Greek And Roman ArchitectureIn the time of the Greeks,religious mystery skipped the confines of the temple-palace compounds and was the subject of the people Greek civic life was sustained by new,open spaces called the agora which were surrounded by public buildings,s
3、tores and templesThe architectural style that has shaped Western architecture ever since ancient Greece.Characterized by architectural elements such as columns and orders4Parthenon templeTemple of Concordia5Roman ArchitectureThe Romans were very practical people and were more interested in law,gover
4、nment and engineering than artThey were clever architects and city planners and we still benefit from their contributionsThe Romans figured out how to make concrete which is a mixture of sand,minerals and small pebbles6The PantheonTriumphal Arch7Classical Architecture These are the basic parts of a
5、Greek or Roman building:CornicePedimentFriezeColumns8Gothic ArchitectureGothic architecture began mainly in France,where architects were inspired by Romanesque architecture and the pointed arches of Spanish Moorish architectureIts easy to recognize Gothic buildings because of their arches,ribbed vau
6、lting,flying buttresses,elaborate sculptures and stained glass windowsThey marked it as“Gothic”to suggest it was the crude work of German barbarians 9Pointed Arch(尖肋拱顶)Flying Buttress(飞扶壁)10Stained Glass(花窗玻璃)Beam-Column(束柱)11St.Patricks CathedralNotre Dame de Paris12Renaissance ArchitectureDuring t
7、he Renaissance,architects were inspired by the symmetrical and well-balanced buildings of Greece and RomeFlat roofs,coffered ceilings,Roman arches and capitalsReflected the return of interest in the great monuments of antiquity13Church of Santa CroceLouvre14Interior of AmiensInterior of Pantheon15Ba
8、roque ArchitectureElements of the Baroque architecture are complicated decorations,paintings and contrasts between light and shadowIn Italy,where it started,the style is reflected in dramatic churches with irregular shapes,huge domes and extravagant ornamentationIn France is highly decorated combine
9、d with classical features.Sacred buildings and chateaux were typical for this style16Trevi FountainPalace of Versailles17Saint Peters Basilica18Modern ArchitectureModern ArchitectureModern architecture is a term given to a number of building styles with similar characteristics,primarily the simplifi
10、cation of form and the elimination of ornament,that first arose around 1900.By the 1940s these styles had been consolidated and identified as the International Style and became the dominant architectural style,particularly for institutional and corporate building,for several decades in the twentieth
11、 century.The exact characteristics and origins of modern architecture are still open to interpretation and debate19Some styles of modernismFunctionalismExpressionist ArchitectureGoogie ArchitecturePostmodern ArchitectureCritical RegionalismInternational style 20FunctionalismIn architecture,is the pr
12、inciple that architects should design a building based on the purpose of that buildingThis statement is less self-evident than it first appears,and is a matter of confusion and controversy within the profession,particularly in regard to modern architecture21The tower of the Helsinki Olympic StadiumA
13、uditorium,Aarhus University 22Expressionist ArchitectureExpressionist architecture was an architectural movement that developed in Northern Europe during the first decades of the 20th century in parallel with the expressionist visual and performing arts.The style was characterized by an early-modern
14、ist adoption of novel materials,formal innovation,and very unusual massing,sometimes inspired by natural biomorphic forms,sometimes by the new technical possibilities offered by the mass production of brick,steel and especially glassMany expressionist architects fought in World War I and their exper
15、iences,combined with the political turmoil and social upheaval that followed the German Revolution of 1919,resulted in a utopian outlook and a romantic socialist agenda23Einstein Tower in Potsdam-BerlinHet schip Housing Estate in Amsterdam 24Googie ArchitectureGoogie ArchitectureGoogie architecture
16、is a subdivision of expressionist,or futurist architecture influenced by car culture the Space Age,originating from southern California in the late 1940s and continuing approximately into the mid-1960sWith upswept roofs and,often,curvaceous,geometric shapes,and bold use of glass,steel and neon,it de
17、corated many a motel,coffee house and bowling alley in the 1950s and 1960sIt epitomizes the spirit a generation demanded,looking excitedly towards a bright,technological and futuristic age25The Seattle Space NeedleKyoto station26Postmodern ArchitecturePostmodern architecture is an international styl
18、e whose first examples are generally cited as being from the 1950s,and which continues to influence present-day architectureAs with many cultural movements,some of postmodernisms most pronounced and visible ideas can be seen in architectureThe functional and formalized shapes and spaces of the moder
19、nist movement are replaced by unapologetically diverse aesthetics:styles collide,form is adopted for its own sake,and new ways of viewing familiar styles and space abound271000 de La Gauchetirebank of America center28Critical RegionalismCritical regionalism is an approach to architecture that strive
20、s to counter the placelessness and lack of meaning in Modern Architecture by using contextual forces to give a sense of place and meaningThe term critical regionalism was first used by Alexander Tzonis and Liane Lefaivre and later more famously by Kenneth Frampton29The Sydney Opera HouseSaynatsalo T
21、own Hall 30International styleInternational stylewas a major architectural style that emerged in the 1920s and 1930s,the formative decades of Modernist architectureThe term had its origin from the name of a book by Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson written to record the International Exhibi
22、tion of Modern Architecture held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 1932 which identified,categorized and expanded upon characteristics common to Modernism across the worldAs a result,the focus was more on the stylistic aspects of Modernism31The Glass Palace in NetherlandsVilla Savoye32
