BY EMILIO TOMASSINI
arises in the eighteenth century a critique of the Baroque and Rococo. It occurs in the following historical context: Independence of the American colonies, French Revolution and industrial (urban population growth, rise of the bourgeoisie in power, technical development, etc..) Bourbon Reforms in Latin America. Fundamental concepts: 1. search for rational foundations. 2. Strong roots and livelihoods were the classics (Greece and Rome) and the Renaissance. 3. sound recovery of the above. 4. According to the building or the government, sought more consistent classical source of inspiration (Napoleon and the Roman Republic for example). 5. Volumetric display. 6. Use of iron through the industrial revolution. 7. Internationalism. Insertion
urban and volume, were made in cities and in Europe. In America, the emergence of new nations allowed the planning of cities as the seat of government (Washington, La Plata, Belo Horizonte for example). There superimposed diagonal rectangular blocks.
The volume was well known, simple, reduced to a body. The tradition weighs more than innovation. Architects
The volume was well known, simple, reduced to a body. The tradition weighs more than innovation. Architects
revolutionaries. Louis Boullé (1728_ 1799) led to the extreme rationality, simplicity, and expressive nudity.
examples of neoclassical architecture: Cathedral of Buenos Aires, La Casa de la Moneda in Chile, La Casa Rosada, the Argentine Congress, the Colon Theatre.
The neoclassical Latin America: the English brought it. Clearly predominant in the period.
♦ Example: The Pantheon (1755_ 1789) Rigorous assessment of the past. Critical the deviations of the rococo. Paradigms: archeology, reason, and efficiency. Originally a church, converted by the French Revolution in a mausoleum for famous men (use existing towers demolished), then regained his ecclesiastical function. Efficiency and resource calculation, support engineers. Calculation of strength of materials. The columns had been restored to two functions: to support the building and beauty. The vaults are not simulated structural shells are real stone. Thanks to scientific rigor changed the thickness of the walls and the proportions of full and empty. Apparent fragility of the building was bewilderment. Be reconciled the slenderness of Gothic churches with the purity and magnificence of the classics. The building has three parts isolable: The entrance portico, rival the Pantheon of Agrippa in Rome. Then the body of the church, with a staff of four ships in a Greek cross in front of the hidden temple. The third part: the dome. Highly developed drum surrounded by columns with a flashlight. Some openings were closed, this was an increase in moisture, cooling of the stones and metal corrosion.
examples of neoclassical architecture: Cathedral of Buenos Aires, La Casa de la Moneda in Chile, La Casa Rosada, the Argentine Congress, the Colon Theatre.
The neoclassical Latin America: the English brought it. Clearly predominant in the period.
♦ Example: The Pantheon (1755_ 1789) Rigorous assessment of the past. Critical the deviations of the rococo. Paradigms: archeology, reason, and efficiency. Originally a church, converted by the French Revolution in a mausoleum for famous men (use existing towers demolished), then regained his ecclesiastical function. Efficiency and resource calculation, support engineers. Calculation of strength of materials. The columns had been restored to two functions: to support the building and beauty. The vaults are not simulated structural shells are real stone. Thanks to scientific rigor changed the thickness of the walls and the proportions of full and empty. Apparent fragility of the building was bewilderment. Be reconciled the slenderness of Gothic churches with the purity and magnificence of the classics. The building has three parts isolable: The entrance portico, rival the Pantheon of Agrippa in Rome. Then the body of the church, with a staff of four ships in a Greek cross in front of the hidden temple. The third part: the dome. Highly developed drum surrounded by columns with a flashlight. Some openings were closed, this was an increase in moisture, cooling of the stones and metal corrosion.
Paul COCCEE architecture student.
Professor Emilio Tomassini
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