The first part of this essay deals with Giorgio Vasari's conception of architecture in sixteenth-century Italy, and the second part examines Vasari's practical application of one of his constructions, the loggia (o...The first part of this essay deals with Giorgio Vasari's conception of architecture in sixteenth-century Italy, and the second part examines Vasari's practical application of one of his constructions, the loggia (open gallery or arcade) or corridoio (corridor). The essay also discusses the merits of Vasari's open gallery (loggia) as a vernacular architectural construct with egalitarian functions and Vasari's principles of architecture (design, rule, order, and proportion) and beauty (delight and necessity) for the formulation of the theory of art in Mannerism, a sixteenth-century style of art.展开更多
The frame should not only be regarded as an external physical framework of artworks, but also the boundary mark of identifying the art and reality. Within classical space contained by the frame, the values of reason, ...The frame should not only be regarded as an external physical framework of artworks, but also the boundary mark of identifying the art and reality. Within classical space contained by the frame, the values of reason, order, and clarity work to achieve a coherent picture space uniting, through the agency of the frame and the space represented with the space occupied by the beholder. The resistance on "frame despotism" and "dismemberment" of picture by avant-garde artist exposes the illusory reality created by perspective and verisimilitude, which deconstructs the false aesthetic relationship of frame and picture. Analysis on frame by modernist art builds its art value展开更多
文摘The first part of this essay deals with Giorgio Vasari's conception of architecture in sixteenth-century Italy, and the second part examines Vasari's practical application of one of his constructions, the loggia (open gallery or arcade) or corridoio (corridor). The essay also discusses the merits of Vasari's open gallery (loggia) as a vernacular architectural construct with egalitarian functions and Vasari's principles of architecture (design, rule, order, and proportion) and beauty (delight and necessity) for the formulation of the theory of art in Mannerism, a sixteenth-century style of art.
文摘The frame should not only be regarded as an external physical framework of artworks, but also the boundary mark of identifying the art and reality. Within classical space contained by the frame, the values of reason, order, and clarity work to achieve a coherent picture space uniting, through the agency of the frame and the space represented with the space occupied by the beholder. The resistance on "frame despotism" and "dismemberment" of picture by avant-garde artist exposes the illusory reality created by perspective and verisimilitude, which deconstructs the false aesthetic relationship of frame and picture. Analysis on frame by modernist art builds its art value