Poetic water images in architecture
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This essay identifies and examines uses of water imagery in architecture worldwide and through centuries. Architects have introduced imagery in their architectural design since antiquity. This analysis illuminates how the intensive interaction with nature, in this case with water, corresponds to an ever lasting spirit. As Thales of Milet declared: "Water is the source of all things" [1]. This element plays a unique role in the interaction of natural forces. During the Renaissance and particularly during the Baroque age resistance to social alienation was expressed in an abundance of ornamentation; the water foliage and wave formations on the colonnaded capital are analogous to the multitude of water images at times used extensively in lyricism. The water with its varying states of aggregation and mobility inspired many architects to spectacular designs.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Eco-architecture : Harmonisation between Architecture and Nature |
| Editors | Geoffrey Broadbent , C. A. Brebbia |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Publisher | WIT Press |
| Publication date | 2006 |
| Pages | 143-152 |
| ISBN (print) | 184564171X, 9781845641719 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2006 |
| Event | International Conference on Harmonisation Between Architecture and Nature - Eco Architecture 2006 - Ashurst, United Kingdom Duration: 14.06.2006 → 16.06.2006 Conference number: 1 |
- Cultural Distribution/Cultural Organization
- Analogies in architecture, Design method, Nature and architecture