Essays on Art in Architecture

The Eastern Roman Empire prospered during the fifth and sixth centuries, while invasions and religious controversy racked the Italian peninsula. In fact, during the sixth century under Emperor Justinian, I and his wife, Empress Theodora Byzantine political power, wealth, and culture were at their peak....

Atmospheres shape our relationships with environments, people, thing’s and works of art. Atmosphere can also be defined as the immediate experience of space and thus is extremely significant to the subject of architecture. Special ambience was proposed in architectural atmospheres to describe the notion of...

Berlin has had what one would call ‘a momentous’ history. I believe that no other metropolis has been witness to such frequent and drastic changes that has altered the face of the city, of which its architecture constantly changed throughout its history. Even though Berlin...

Ottoman Empire, Islamic-run superpower was created by Turkish tribes in Anatolia which grew to be one of the most powerful states in the world during the 15th-16th century. The Ottoman flourished for more than 600 years and came to an end only in 1922, when...

Johannesburg, Jozi, Joburg, Egoli this is the name of a province that is most populated in South Africa. Known as ‘The City of Gold’ it is the first place where gold was found but up until this day it still stands for that even met-aphorically,...

Many interesting theories are brought up in Kiilerich’s “Antiquus et modernus: Spolia in Medieval Art, Western, Byzantine, and Islamic” when it comes to the reuse of materials in Medieval architecture period. The author clarifies why someone would have made use of materials that had been...

The focus of this essay will be the Flemingate complex in Beverley, specifically looking at the construction techniques used, materials, and the resultant aesthetic of the site. A similar site has also been found which can be used for comparison for which the site can...