Week 2 Responses

Week 2 Response

In ancient Greece, capital designs strictly followed Vitruvius’ Triad’s orders according to the building’s purpose and the message it’s meant to convey, presenting identical designs across different buildings of the same purpose and message. Fast-forwarding to the Romanesque, architects and sculptors had taken the liberty and evolved new designs to their own fancy, so that one rarely meets with many repetitions of the same design. Moreover, the general form of capitals had become more simplistic, likely indicating that there was a larger demand for constructions so the style shifted in order to increase efficiency in the process of construction.

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