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 …
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 …