ART IN ARCHITECTURE

Art is the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.

• to create a space/ surrounding which brings a positive and pleasing impact on the user's soul

Taj Mahal, Agra
Photo by: yosratawakol

• To beautify a structure.

   

Hawa Mahal, Jaipur
Photo by: Dishari De

• Tiling

Ornate wooden door, Jaipur
Photo by: Annie Spratt

• Occur in many settings 

• Have a rich mathematical structure

• Examples

– Using Regular Polygons

– Penrose Tiling

– Escher Tessellations

• Symmetry

Lotus temple, Delhi
Photo by: Harmeet9000

In art:

o often used as an aesthetic element

o a kind of balance in which the corresponding parts are not necessarily alike but only similar.

o Generally is a balance between various parts of an object.

o Several examples of symmetry in painting.

• Geometry & Islamic Art

Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
Photo by: Dan Gold

o Prohibition from making representations of people in holy sites

o Developed an instantly recognizable aesthetic based on:

 Calligraphy

 Arabesque (vegetal, plants patterns)

 Geometrical shapes (repeated tiling)

Ceiling of The Blue Mosque, Istanbul
Photo by: Stephen

• Higher Order Geometry and Topology: Escher

Vessel, New York
Architect: Thomas Heatherwick
Photo by: Juliana Malta

• Fractals

Infinitely complex patterns that are self-similar across different scales.

The mathematics of fractals has been used to show that the reason why existing buildings have universal appeal and are visually satisfying is because they provide the viewer with a sense of scale at different viewing distances.

In Hindu temples such as the Virupaksha temple at Hampi, the parts and the whole have the same character.

Sree Virupaksha Temple, Hampi
Photo by: Maitreyi Bhatnagar

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