Vitruvius to Alberti to Palladio – Principles
Vitruvius — the Roman architect and engineer of the 1st century BCE — outlined Six Principles of Architecture (architecturae principia sex) in De Architectura (Book I, Chapter 2). These six ideas became the foundation of Western architectural theory. Here’s a structured overview: — Vitruvius’ Six Principles of Architecture Latin Term English Translation Core Meaning Example …
quadratura
Quadratura refers to the illusionistic painting technique in Baroque art that extends architecture. This is different from Capriccio which was architectural fantasy in post-Renaissance painting.
caravels and churches
Today, I was working on a call for submissions by a set of eminent curators, to submit an artwork that may be selected in an art festival that will be happening on the west coast of India in December. While researching the cultural elements that will be important for artwork submissions, I looked up caravels …
haubitz + Zoche : Kerala Churches
https://www.haubitz-zoche.de/churches An exhibition of the photos, titled Postcolonial Epiphany: Churches and cinemas in South-India, is now on view at Zephyr, a modern art museum in Mannheim, Germany
tyranny of context – trading with tragedy
“How do you even begin to say something is flawed, or even bad, if it’s about slavery, the Holocaust or the opioid crisis? Or if the artist has endured personal tragedy? These conditions have engendered a self-perpetuating form of self-censorship on the part of those who view and care about art, a newly ingrained defence …