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By F. P. Escrig

Beginning in antiquity and completing within the Baroque, this publication presents an entire research of vital works of structure from a structural standpoint. A exotic architect and educational, the author?’s hugely illustrated exploration will let readers to raised comprehend the monuments, catch up with to them and to discover whether or not they will be conserved or converted. Contents: Stones Resting on Empty area; the discovery of the Dome; The putting Dome; The Ribbed Dome; A Planified Revenge - below the Shadow of Brunelleschi; The Century of the nice Architects; The Omnipresent Sinan; Even extra; the appropriate symbioses form-function within the excessive Baroque structure; Scenographical structure of the 18th century; The digital structure of the Renaissance and the Baroque.

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Fig. 15. Inner view of Saint Vital, in Ravenna (Escrig). 48 The passage from the octagonal form to the circular one is also made by means of pendentives and the The Hanging Dome Fig. 18. Pieces of the dome and key of Saint Vital, in Ravenna (Mirabella and Lombardini). illumination achieved by piercing the shell, according to the rules of Byzantine construction (Fig. 8), turning weightless the 18 m diameter dome. A feature inherited from the Romans is the modesty of the materials used, even more in this case since even the pozzolanic cement was not available.

Fig. 24. Piazza d’Oro in the Villa Adriana, in Tivoly. Fig. 26a Plan of the main building of the Villa Adriana, in Tivoly. Fig. 25a. Drawing of the hall of Piazza d’Oro in the Villa Adriana, in Tivoly. Fig. 26b. Perspective of the main building of the Villa Adriana, in Tivoly. The lobed dome over its hall simplifies that of Baiae, although it maintains the illumination through the key and loses directionality. But the fact of its remaining standing in spite of being supported by eight lunettes is a clear sign of its structural effectiveness (Fig.

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