Sunday, March 22, 2015

Spanish renaissance


The Spanish Renaissance followed the Italian Renaissance in the 15-16th century. It in kind of a mix of all the other period that we have learned about, the Spanish Renaissance has a little piece of each period.  Renaissance architecture was that style of architecture which evolved firstly in Florence and then Rome and other parts of Italy as the result of Humanism and a revived interest in Classical architecture. This new focus in art, literature and science, inspired by Classical antiquity and especially the Greco-Roman tradition, receives the transcendental impulse in this year by various successive historical events:Unification of the longed-for Christian kingdom with the definitive taking of Granada, last city of Islamic Spain and the successive expulsions of thousands of Muslim and Jewish believers,The official discovery of the western hemisphere, the Americas,The publication of the first grammar of a vernacular European language, the Grammar by Antonio de Nebrija.

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Extra Credit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLHBHA0sVgE



Peer Review:

I reviewed Emma I really liked how she went into good detail of the design elements in the Spanish Renaissance. I also reviewed Haley I liked her visuals that she used they were great example of the Spanish Renaissance.

Sunday, March 8, 2015

Italian Reniassiance

The Italian Renaissance was a time in advancements in science and arts. They invented new forms and new visual language that was not derived from the classical period. In the process, the architects, humanists, and painters of the Renaissance for architecture was considered a universal art in the Renaissance invented a new idea of public space in which civic pride and organization would be organized on a city-wide scale. In the Renaissance, architecture was seen as the supreme art. Architectural design was carried out by professional architects, painters, sculptors such as Michelangelo, humanists, masons, and just plain amateurs with a lot of time and money.


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Peer Review:
 
I reviewed Emma I liked her current applications and her use of vocabulary and her video.
I also reviewed also reviewed Haley I thought she did a really good job of portraying he thoughts and I also liked her visuals.
 

Sunday, March 1, 2015

The Americas

The Americas Design era consists of some odd rituals of blood leading, sacrifices and games of life and death. The architecture was based off the landscape and the environmental surroundings. Their architecture consisted of pyramids and temples that usually were sacrifices to gods were held. They had a lot of wall paintings that told there stories and rituals. They had main center of town were all the pyramids and temples were located. there were several tribes that thrived during this era such as Olmec, Maya, Aztec and Inca.

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Extra Credit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY5rVgTxU-k



Peer Review:

I Reviewed Micah I really how she went into depth about each tribe. I also liked how she added pictures from each tribe. I also reviewed Shannon I liked that how she talked about the construction of the walls Machu Picchu. I also liked her current application.