Angelus Novus vis-à-vis the Ruins of History (original) (raw)

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The paper explores the relationship between classical architecture and contemporary spatial design, focusing on Rósa Gísladóttir's exhibition. Through a philosophical lens, it discusses how historical structures embody eternal values while contrasting them with modern utilitarian approaches to design. The transformation of geometry from classical to contemporary contexts is examined, highlighting how Gísladóttir’s work maintains ties to tradition while addressing the complexities of current societal frameworks.

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Malfona Lina, Sleeping Beauty. Aesthetics of Ruin, Corruption and Rome. Gevork Hartoonian and John Ting (eds.) QUOTATION: What does history have in store for architecture today?

Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand), Canberra, Australia: SAHANZ, 2017

This paper analyses the concept of the ruin, which has been transformed over time from the image of an ancient, former beauty, characterized by the romantic aesthetic of decadence and consumption, into a “bachelor machine”. The timeframe within which this transformation can be examined is the stage of architectural Postmodernism, which began before the 1980 Biennale, with the exhibition “Roma Interrotta” (Interrupted Rome). This event introduced new ways of understanding Rome’s ruins and the image of the city itself.

A View of Roman Architecture: Achieving Monumentality Through Politics, Urbanism, and Visual Imagery

Journal of Social, Humanities and Administrative Sciences, 2022

Roman architecture is usually considered a whole with Greek architecture. Referring to its formal qualities, it has been regarded as perfect throughout architectural history. However, this perfection not only derives from formal qualities but also monumentality that revolved around the issues of politics, urbanism, and visual imagery. Roman buildings conveyed political messages that contributed to their monumental characters and their arrangements defined monumentality on the urban scale. Furthermore, visual imagery offered citizens a different architectural and urban experience that led to perceiving monumentality in their minds. This paper tries to examine Roman architecture in terms of these three concepts of politics, urbanism, and visual imagery based on how they contributed to achieving monumentality.

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