Experiencing Architecture by Steen Eiler Rasmussen

'drama and restfulness' by Michaelangelo A 'loggia' is a covered front exterior gallery, hallor corridor The Nolli Map of Rome, invented by Italian architect and surveyor Giambattista Nolli in the middle of the 18thc., illustrates the distinction between civic or publicly accessible space in the city from private space within the block Rasmussen's fascination with S. Kahn, is the subtle way the exterior columns in the façade become smaller from the bottom of the building to the top Exeter Library demonstrates an example of a 'modern interpretation' of gothic architecture as structural art According to Rasmussen, there are artistic or architectural problems best solved by utilizing 'visual effects,'such as effective contrasts The difference between Sangallo's city gateat Porto di Santo Spiritoand Michaelangelo's gate at Porto Pia (both in Rome) is a visual sense of 'balance and harmony' by Sangallo vs. Kahn, is made primarily of brick and wood A unique visual feature of Exeter Library, in Exeter, New Hampshire, designed by Louis I. Peter's in Rome, Italy, is indicative of Renaissance architecture The 'entasis' is a slight convex curve in the shaft of a column The exterior façade of Exeter Library in New Hampshire, designed by American Architect Louis I. by Danish psychologist Edgar Rubin, is a demonstration of the 'figure-ground distinction' the brain makes during visual perception Gothic architecture is an expression of its structure and construction According to Rasmussen, Renaissance architecture is conceived from cavities or carving of voluminous space The visual expression of Bramante's 'Greek Cross' Plan (c. What's the point? that the activity of seeing is a creative process and what one sees may vary from person to person According to Rasmussen, there is no objectively correct idea of any things appearance, only an infinite number of subjective impressions of it The illusion provided by Rubin's Vase, developed in the early 20thc.

2 describing the scene of a man walking with his head down catching an impression of blue jeans.

Experiencing Architecture by Steen Eiler Rasmussen