medieval Flashcards
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Koinos Bios
St. Gall, 816
Renovatio Imperii
Charlemagne’s Palace, Aquisgrán, 800
Civitas Dei
Cluny III, France, 1088
Pilgrimage Route
Pilgrimage routes started 10th century
Articulation
St Foy de Conques, 1050-1130
Westwork
Abbey of Corvey, Germany, 873
Light
Rose-window, Gothic period, start around 11th century
Light 2
St. Denis, France, 1137
Treshold
St. Denis, France, 1137
Order
Notre Dame, Paris, 1160-1260
Grid
Teotihuacan, Mexico, 2000BCE - 900CE
Sacred Landscape
Jorn Utzon, Mayan Platform in Yucatan, 1949
Water
Tikal, Mayas, Guatemala, 200BCE - 850CE
Performative
Ball-Court at Copan
Cyclical
Templo Mayor, Aztecs, Tenochtitlan, 1325 - 1521
Pilgrimage Center
Chavin de Huantar, Peru, 900BCE
Extreme Ecology
Camellones, Tiwanaku, Titikaka Lake, 100 - 1000
Center of the World
Cuzco, Incas, 1440s
Sacred Landscape 2
Poverty Point, Mississippi Basin, 1800 - 1000BCE
Kiva
Pueblo Bonito, Anasazi, Chaco Canyon, 900 - 1100
Persistence
Spanish plan for Caracas, 1570
Cosmological Diagram
Batammaliba, Togo
Living Architecture
Dogon Village, Mali
Luxury Trade
Kilwa Sultanate, Tanzania, 13th to 15th century
Women
Tuaregs, start around 10th century
Sacred Landscape 3
Cut-Rock Churches, Zague Dynasty, Lalibela, Ethiopia, 13th century
Form and Material
Djingarey Mosque, Mande Empire, Timbuktu, Mali, 1325
Geometry
Urbino Panel, 1460s
Publicity
Piazza del Campo and Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, 1260s
Architect
Santa Maria del Fiore, Brunelleschi, 1418-36
Order/Geometry
San Lorenzo Church, Brunelleschi, 1419
Politics
Palazzo Medici, Michelozzo di Bartomeo, 1445
System
Palazzo Rucellai, Alberti, 1450-70
Order/Geometry 2
San Andrea, Alberti, Mantua, 1470
Roman/Etruscan
San Sebastiano, Alberti, Mantua, 1460
Roman
Santa Maria Novella, Alberti, 1450s
Complexity
Laurentian Library, Michelangelo, San Lorenzo Church, 1525-64
Display
Belvedere Court, Donato Bramante, Rome, 1507
Expression
New St. Peter, Michelangelo, 1546
Roman Temple
Villa Maser, Palladio, 1560-70