Classical forms

2021-08-22 16:41:21 Barth, Jules-Chrétien
Water tower. 1870
drawing architectural school. Open / Comment

2021-08-19 17:42:47 Andrea Palladio
Villa Cornaro (1553–1554)
It represents one of the most exemplary illustrations of a Renaissance villa during this time frame. Open / Comment

2021-08-16 19:26:26 Engraving by Robert Adam
"View of the Peristyle of the Palace" 1764

Is the central square of the palace, where the main entrance to Diocletian's quarters (pictured) is located.
high quality Open / Comment

2021-08-14 18:00:00 John William Waterhouse
"In the Peristyle" 1874

In Hellenistic Greek and Roman architecture, a peristyle is a continuous porch formed by a row of columns surrounding the perimeter of building or a courtyard. Open / Comment

2021-08-13 16:57:39 Giovanni Battista Piranesi
"View of the Remains of the Cella of the Temple of Neptune" 1778–79

The drawing depict views of the great Doric temple in the former Greek colony of Poseidonia, which in the third century B.C. was conquered by the Romans and renamed Paestum (the temple was originally identified as the Temple of Poseidon, but is now determined to have been dedicated to Hera II). Left abandoned and cut off by a swamp, Paestum’s ruins were rediscovered in 1746 thanks to the construction of a new road. They sparked intense interest among artists and architects including Piranesi, and the consequent drawings, prints, paintings and models of the temples revolutionized people’s understanding of early Greek Classical architecture in general and the Doric style in particular. Roman architecture, until this time deemed the style that architects should emulate, now seemed derivative.
High quality Open / Comment

2021-08-11 18:35:43 Cushion, Jean-Antoine.
Hypothetical reconstruction of the Temple of Vesta, Rome. 1802

The Temple of Vesta housed Vesta's holy fire, which was a symbol of Rome's safety and prosperity.The temple was rebuilt many times because it was destroyed about five times. Open / Comment

2021-08-09 18:44:37 Fragmentary colossal marble head of a youth; Greek. Hellenistic period. 2nd century B.C. Discovered at Pergamon, on upper terrace of gymnasium. Metropolitan Museum of Art Open / Comment

2021-08-08 10:00:04 Joseph Uchard
Main facade of the project for a "cathedral church". Prix de Rome 1838.
pencils and ink

...Architecture has never been drawn with such perfection and beauty. The results were so astonishing that they deformed architectural practice. The teachers were concerned that the students were only interested in the graphics, in the beauty of the plan drawing, to the detriment of the spaces and the structural logic...
In any case, the system helped to develop architectural sense. Among the prize-winners are practically all the important names in 19th century French architecture Open / Comment

2021-08-07 18:59:07 Hubert Robert
Stair and Fountain in the Park of a Roman Villa about 1770 Open / Comment

2021-08-06 14:28:09 Open / Comment