Lecture3: Architecture throughout Europe. The Enlightenment

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orders in Torino by WuYueying

They are corinthian orders at the entrance hall of  Basilica di Superga. Their capitals have small volutes and acanthus leave, shafts are tall and thin and plinths are tall.

These are composite orders on the bell-tower of Basilica di Superga. Their capitals have volutes that looks like the ionic volutes and acanthus leave like the corinthian orders. They also have tall and thin shafts.

They are also corinthian orders of the Basilica di Superga. They are inside the Basilica. The difference between them and those at the entrance hall is that their shaft are fluted. They are used for decorate the pilasters.

Tuscan pilasters inside the Duomo di Torino.

Corinthian orders at the Basilica Mauriziana( Chiesa di Santa croce).

Orders of Turin

A Tuscan Order that used for supporting the arches of the via Roma passage. We can tell that it’s a Tuscan Order because of its smooth shaft and simple capital and base.

There is another Corinthian order used as a decorative pilaster which is at the apartment right next to the Mole Antonelliana. This order is the most used around the central area of Torino, most likely because of it being the most ecstatic column.

This is an Ionic Order that I found on the other side of the River Po. As it being one of the three main Classical Column Orders, we can say that it’s Ionic because of its VOLUTES at the capital; and it’s used to support the pediment at the facade.

There is a column that changed its style halfway through its shaft. On the top half, Doric Order is used which can be understood by it deeply carved shaft and simple capital. And on the lower half, French order is used, an order created by little stones connected together. This column can be seen at Museo Nazionale del Risorgimento. We can see that it’s used for supporting the balcony of the second floor.

There is another full French column that is supporting the façade of our school Castello del Valentino.

Here is a Corinthian Order used as a pilaster, which means it doesn’t have any supportive reason but decorating the facade of the building. I’m not sure where I took a picture of it but it was somewhere on the pathway through Parco del Valentino to Piazza Veneto. We are able to say that this is a Corinthian building because of its patterns and shapes at the capital that resembles to acanthus leaves.

Orders in Turin by Zeynep Yavasan

*Corinthian Order, used for supporting the facade

*Corinthian Order, used for decorating the facade

*Corinthian Order, used for decorating the facade

*Tuscan Order, used for supporting the facade

*Tuscan Order, used for supporting the facade

*Corinthian Order, used for both decorating and supporting the facade

*Tuscan and Corinthian Orders, used for supporting and decorating the facade respectively

*French+Ionic Order, used for supporting the facade

S241648 Zeynep Aslı YAVASAN

Schedule of Tuesday 25 October Class

The three-hour module of tomorrow class will be dedicated to the following:

14,30 – 14,45: Presentation of materials recently uploaded on the blog, Q&A

14,45 -15,10: Quick overview of Lecture 2: The debate between Ancients and Moderns, Q&A

15,10- 16,15: Lecture3: Architecture throughout Europe: the Enlightenment 1720 to 1790 (Bergdoll: 14-23), Q&A

16,15-16,30: PAUSE (no questions to the teacher during the pause, PLEASE)

16,30 -17,10: Instructions for Assignment 1 (SEARCHING for ORDERS in TURIN) by the student assistant Rossana Schiraldi. Q&A

17,15-17,30: Introduction to Lecture 4: Architectural ideas: the sublime and the picturesque (Bergdoll: 73-90)

Finding some bizarre architectural orders …

Other excerpts from a last year student’s notes

The Enlightenment seen (synthetically) by a former student of the course

EXPLANATORY DIAGRAM of the Enlightenment by a last year’s student

An unusual order in Turin…

Excerpts of past years’ students’ NOTES