ARCHITECTURE NOW What is its purpose to the society? How does the design express the meaning of that purpose? What technical innovations allow for that expression?
Interior of the Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome, Italy Gianlorenzo Bernini Drama Staging Materials
Aerial view of Saint Peter’s, Vatican City, Rome, Italy. Piazza designed by GIANLORENZO BERNINI Aerial view of Saint Peter’s, Vatican City, Rome, Italy. Piazza
Francesco BorrominiFacade of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome, Italy 1665–1676
Francesco Baromini, Chapel of Saint Ivo, College of the Sapienza, Rome, Italy begun p. 656 ch. 24 Gardners, 13 th ed.
Fra Andrea Pozzo Glorification of Saint Ignatius, ceiling fresco in the nave of Sant’Ignazio, Rome, Italy
Hyacinthe Rigaud Louis XIV 1701
Claude Perrault, Louis le Vau, and Charles Le Brun
Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors), palace of Versailles, Versailles, France Jules Hardouin-Mansart and Charles le Brun Francois Girardon and Thomas Regnaudin Jules Hardouin-Mansart Royal Chapel, with ceiling decorations by ANTOINE COYPEL, palace of Versailles, Versailles, France
Sir Christopher Wren New Saint Paul’s Cathedral, London, England 1675–1710
Taj Mahal, Agra, India 1632–1647
Momoyama period, ca Taian teahouse (interior view), Myokian Temple, Kyoto, Japan SEN NO RIKYU Eastern facade of the Katsura Imperial Villa, Kyoto, Japan, TANGE KENZO National indoor Olympic stadiums, Tokyo, Japan Showa period, 1961–1964
GERMAIN BOFFRAND Salon de la Princesse, with painting by CHARLES-JOSEPH NATOIRE and sculpture by J. B. LEMOINE, Hôtel de Soubise, Paris, France 1737–1740 FRANÇOIS DE CUVILLIÉS Hall of Mirrors, the Amalienburg, Nymphenburg Palace park, Munich, Germany early 18th century BALTHASAR NEUMANN Interior of the pilgrimage church of Vierzehnheiligen, near Staffelstein, Germany 1743–1772