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1、ARCHITECTURECenterEuropesinceAncientGreeceNorthAmericaafterWWII“architecture”AncientGreek.“Architect”(architecton)=“creator”.凝固的音乐石头的史书居住的机器艺术意义功能Whyshouldwelearnthat?AbookofhistoryPoliticsEconomicsCultureTechnologicalbackground…AnOverviewItiswidelyacknowledgedthatwesternarchitectureder
2、ivesfromAncientGreekcivilization.Inthe5thtothe4thCenturyB.C.,AncientGreekarchitecturereachedahistorichigh,representedbyAthensAcropolis.Theninthe1stCenturyB.C.,theAncientGreek“glory”wasreplacedbythe“greatness”oftheancientRomans,asseeninthesespectacularpalaces,triumphalarches,arenasandbat
3、hs.GreekandRomanarchitectureisgenerallybelievedtobeclassical,andisregardedastheoriginofwesternarchitecturalart.Westernarchitectureinthefollowing1,000yearshadtwobasicfeatures:OneisthemainstreamChristianchurch.TheotheristhedivisionbetweeneasternandwesternEuropeduetothesplitoftheRomanEmpir
4、eandChristianity.EasternRomanEmpirewasdominatedbyByzantinestyle,whileinwesternEuropetheprevalenceofRomanesquestylewasfollowedbyGothicarchitecturewhichrepresentsthehighestachievementinthemedievalperiod.Fromthe15thCentury,humanisticartistsbegantobringwesternarchitecturefromthereligiouswor
5、ldtosecularlife.IntheRenaissanceperiod,architectsattachedimportancetoancientclassicalarchitecture,andactivelyrevivedancientGreekandRomanarchitecturalstyles.Theircreationonthebasisofclassicalarchitectureleftuswithalotofmasterpieces.AftertheRenaissance,westernarchitecturalstylesvaried.Int
6、he500years,Baroque,Classical,Rococo,Neo-classical,RomanticistandEclecticismdominatedinashortperiodoftime.However,westernarchitectureneverbreakawayfromtheinfluenceoftheRenaissancetradition—wheneverconfrontingacrucialhistoricmoment,architectswouldretrievethegloryandgrandeurofancientGreeka
7、ndRomanconstructionsforinspirations.MausoleumTemple;Church;Palace;Mansion/residence…AncientGreecePalaceofKnossosLionGateatthecitadelofMycenaeAegeanAncientEgyptGreeceAncientGreeceisnotthesolecradleofEuropeanarchitectures,yetwheneverpeopletalkaboutEuropeanarchitectures,theymakeme
