General Index

Watch and Draw

1. Introduction

2. Attitudes

2. 1. A history for

2. 2. Personal response

2. 3. An entire life

3. Learning through drawing

3. 1. The sketchbook

3. 2. Drawing and enjoy

3. 3. How to draw buildings

3. 4. Students' drawings

3. 5. Francisco Iñiguez's drawings

Books and Links

1. Introduction

2. Basic books

2. 1. Your (almost) handbook

2. 2. My fair library

2. 3. How to buy books

3. (You need much more)

3. 1. Links: collections and databases

3. 2. Libraries: books and catalogues

3. 3. Authors: biographies

3. 4. Works: monuments and sites

3. 5. Objects: Museums

3. 6. Treatises: Classics forever

3. 7. Terms: Thesaurus

3. 8. Architectural Institutions

I. The Sense of Order

1. Introduction

2. Fairy Tales

2. 1. Meditations of a Hobby Horse

2. 2. Cinderella, the Puss, the Belle

2. 3. The Pharaoh and the President

2. 4. The Solid Gold Cadillac

3. A feeling of deference

3. 1. Rank and quality

3. 2. Deference and homage

3. 3. Distinction and elegance

4. Formality

4. 1. The Grand Manner

4. 2. Stately Architecture

4. 3. Typical, symbolical, beautiful form

4. 4. Good Manners in Architecture

5. Formulas, recipes, tricks

5. 1. Three levels of formulas

5. 2. Level one : the types

5. 3. Level two: the outlines

5. 4. Level three: the motifs

6. Expressiveness

6. 1. Memorial and Monument

6. 2. A powerful talisman

6. 3. Classical equilibrium

6. 4. The Petit Trianon

6. 5. The Reichskanzlei. Berlin

II. Patterns and Rythms

1. Introduction

2. Mouldings and channels

2. 1. Classic mouldings

2. 2. Decorated mouldings

3. 3. Channels and flutes

3. 4. Borromini at work

3. Large Decorative Vases

3. 1. Curves and volumes

3. 2. Greek vases

3. 3. Roman vases

4. Paneling and Framework

4. 1. Panels and coffers

4. 2. Architectural Frames

4. 3. Cartouches

4. 4. The Rocaille

4. 5. Interior panels

5. Acanthus

5. 1. Acanthus and Anthemions

5. 2. "Candelieri" and Grottesque

5. 3. Vegetal metamorphosis

6. Figures and symbols

6. 1. Atlantes and caryatids

6. 2. Medallions and maskes

6. 3. Trophies and attributes

6. 4. 19th century emblemes

7. Ornament Prints

7. 1. Early Renaissance

7. 2. Fontainebleau and Strapwork Style

7. 3. Louis XIV Style

7. 4. Louis XV Style

7. 5. Louis XVI Style

8. Color (?)

8. 1. Medieval colour

8. 2. Medieval mural decoration

8. 3. Colourless Classicism

8. 4. Colourful Classic interiors

III. Classic Orders

1. Introduction

2. Classic Manias

2. 1. Formal forms

2. 2. Craving borders and finials

2. 3. Scale and proportions

2. 4. The Expression Menu

3. Parts of the Order

3. 1. Minimal order. Pedestals

3. 2. Entablatures

3. 3. The capital: introduction

3. 4. The Ionic capital

3. 5. Corinthian capital

3. 6. A Study of Orders

4. Designing with columns

4. 1. Ancient Peristyles

4. 2. Formations and deformations

4. 3. The Mastery of Pozzo

4. 4. Pavilions and baldachins

4. 5. The colonnades of Piranesi

5. Designing with archs

5. 1. Archs and columns

5. 2. Triumphal archs

5. 3. Arcades and arcatures

6. Designing with walls

6. 1. Massive walls

6. 2. Palladio's Thermae

6. 3. G. B. Montano's Tombs

6. 4. Domes and lanterns

6. 5. The apse of Sta Maria Maggiore

IV. Great Churches

1. Introduction

2. The Christian temples

2. 1. Latin Basilicas

2. 2. The Cathedral Type

2. 3. German Imperial Cathedrals

2. 4. French Gothic Cathedrals

2. 5. Italian Basilicas

3. San Pietro di Roma

3. 1. The first proyects

3. 2. Michelangelo

3. 3. Maderno

3. 4. Bernini

3. 5. The 18th century

4. Central-plan churches

4. 1. The central-plan in the Renaissance

4. 2. Santa Maria della Salute. Venice

4. 3. The central-plan in the Baroque

4. 4. Les Invalides and other Paris churches

4. 5. Basilica di Superga. Torino

5. Latin cross-plan churches

5. 1. The adaptation difficulties

5. 2. San Giorgio. Venice

5. 3. Il Gesú and the Roman interior

5. 4. Saint Paul. London

5. 5. French Great churches

5. 6. Central Europe churches

6. Church Façades

6. 1. L. B. Alberti's façades

6. 2. A difficult design

6. 3. Palladio and San Giorgio

6. 4. Della Porta and Il Gesú

6. 5. Maderno and Santa Susana

6. 6. Roman façades

6. 7. European façades

6. 8. Front and bell towers

V. Palaces and Residences

1. Introduction

2. Central Italian Palaces

2. 1. The old residences

2. 2. Firenze palaces

2. 3. Palazzo Farnese

2. 4. The Roman palace

3. North Italian palaces

3. 1. Andrea Palladio's palaces

3. 2. Michele Sanmicheli's palaces

3. 3. Palaces of Venice

3. 4. Palaces of Genova

4. Great Italian façades

4. 1. Libreria de San Marco. Venice

4. 2. Il Capitolio. Rome

4. 3. Basilica di Vicenza

4. 4. Palace Chiericati. Vicenza

4. 5. Fontana di Trevi. Rome

5. The Art of Design Plans

5. 1. The old Habitation

5. 2. Schloss Johannisburg. Aschaffenbur

5. 3. Paris, 17th century

5. 4. Paris, 18th century

6. Versailles and its orbit

6. 1. Palais du Louvre

6. 2. Palais des Tuileries

6. 3. Versailles. Projects of Louis Le Vau

6. 4. Versailles. Projects of Mansart and Gabriel

6. 5. Versailles. Les Appartements

6. 6. Versailles. The park and the Trianons

7. Royal Residences in Europe

7. 1. Decker: Designing Royal Palaces

7. 2. Juvarra and the Palace of Madrid

7. 3. The Ideal Palace: Caserta

7. 4. "Residences de Souverains"

VI. Villas and Chateaux

1. Introduction

2. Italian Villas

2. 1. Ancient Villas

2. 2. Roman Villas

2. 3. Villa Giulia. Roma

2. 4. Villa Farnese. Caprarola

2. 5. Palazzo del Te. Mantua

3. Palladian Villas

3. 1. The Villa Phenomenon

3. 2. The Palladian ascendancy

3. 3. Villa Godi

3. 4. Villa Piovenne

3. 5. Villa Poiana

3. 6. Villa Barbaro

3. 7. Villa Cornaro

3. 8. Villa Badoer

3. 9. Villa Foscari

3. 10. Villa Emo

3. 11. Villa Rotonda

3. 12. Incomplete Great Villas

3. 13. Small Villas

4. Chateaux de France

4. 1. Loire

4. 2. Les plus excelents bastiments

4. 3. Chateau de Chambord

4. 4. Saint-Germain-en- Laye

4. 5. Chateaux modernes

4. 6. Maisons-Laffitte

4. 7. Vaux-le-Vicomte

VII. Theaters and Opera Houses

1. Introduction

2. The permanent theaters

2. 1. Ancient theaters

2. 2. Incipient scenography

2. 3. Teatro Olimpico. Vicenza

2. 4. Teatro Farnesio. Parma

2. 5. First theaters of Paris

3. Baroque theaters

3. 1. Italian Baroque model

3. 2. Teatro Regio. Torino

3. 3. French Baroque model

3. 4. Grand Theatre. Bordeaux

3. 5. European Baroque theaters

3. 6. Little magnificent theaters

3. 7. The Galli da Bibiena's designs

3. 8. The Galli da Bibiena's treatises

3. 9. Baroque stage machinery

4. 19th century Theaters

4. 1. 19th century Italian theaters

4. 2. 19th century French theaters

4. 3. 19th century German theaters

4. 4. 19th century British theaters

4. 5. 19th century Spanish theaters

4. 6. Other 19th century European theaters

5. Grand Opera Houses

5. 1. Staadtsoper. Vienna 1860

5. 2. Gottfried Semper: Dresde and Vienna, 1838-1879

5. 3. Nouvel Opera. Paris 1861

5. 4. Wagner in Bayreuth, 1872

5. 5. Teatro Massimo. Palermo 1875

5. 6. 19th century scenography

VIII. Building Types

1. Introduction

2. The Architectural Composition

2. 1. Theory and History of Architecture

2. 2. Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Prix de Rome: 1779-1850

3. The Super-Monuments

3. 1. Houses of Parliament. London

3. 2. L'Hotel de Ville. Paris

3. 3. The Town Hall. Vienna

3. 4. Le Palais de Justice. Bruxelles

3. 5. Il Vittoriano. Roma

4. Institutional Buildings

4. 1. Parliaments buildings

4. 2. Town Halls and Law Courts buildings

4. 3. Stock Exchange buildings

4. 4. Libraries and Museums

4. 5 . Prisons

4. 6. Hospitals

4. 7. Schools and Universities

5. Paris: par Excellence

5. 1. La Seine and its "quais"

5. 2. The town squares

5. 3. The Public Buildings

5. 4. The dwelling houses

6. The European Capitals

6. 1. "Connaissance du Monde"

6. 2. Roma. The Eternal City

6. 3. London. The heart of the Empire

6. 4. Berlin. The Reich

6. 5. Vienna: Imperial and Royal

6. 6. Saint Petersburg, in the distance

6. 7. Washington: a European Capital

6. 8. Others European Capitals

6. 9. Watering Places: Biarritz, Monaco, Niza

IX. Architectural Treatises

1. Introduction

2. Inmortal Vitruvius

2. 1. Daniello Barbaro

2. 2. Charles Perrault

2. 3. Fernando Galiani

2. 4. Jose Francisco Ortiz y Sanz

2. 5. The abregé of Perrault

3. Sebastiano Serlio

3.1. A reasonable success

3. 2. Geometry and Perspective

3. 3. Roman Plans

3. 4. Current times (16th century) Plans

3. 5. Toscan and Doric Orders

3. 6. Ionic and Corinthian Orders

3. 7. Libro Extraordinario

3. 8. Churches and Chapels

3. 9. Country Houses

3. 10. Palatial Facades and details

3. 11. Asymmetric Plans

4. The grammars of Orders

4. 1. Barozzio da Vignola, Regola

4. 2. Roland Freart de Chambray, Parallele

4. 3. D' Aviler, Cours d'Architecture

4. 4. William Chambers, Civil Architecture

5. The Venetian Treatises

5. 1. Palladio's Libri d'Architettura

5. 2. Scamozzi's Idea della Architettura

1. Introduction

2. A historic historian

2. 1. Gombrich and us

2. 2. A Preface for me

2. 3. Intelectual biography

2. 4. Theorical intention

3. Models for The Art

3. 1. The Science in Popper

3. 2. World 3 and Trigger's Theory

3. 3. The Joke in Freud

3. 4. The Game in Huizinga

3. 5. The Classical Rhetoric

4. Artistic Progress

4. 1. Vasari and the Classic Theory

4. 2. The challenge for the Beauty

4. 3. Art and Progress

4. 4. Winckelmann and Hegel

4. 5. The Primitivism

5. Art and Metaphor

5. 1. Metaphors

5. 2. Mastery

5. 3. Style

5. 4. Evolution

5. 5. Creation

5, 6. Expression

5. 7. Understanding

5. 8. Interpretation

6. Bibliography

6. 1. Gombrich Works

6. 2. Other authors

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Annex: (biografías recopiladas por Máximo Bulnes):

Great Masters

A

ALBERTI

ALESSI

AMADEO

AMMANATI

ASAM, C D

ASAM, E Q

B

BERNINI

BOFFRAND

BORROMINI

BRAMANTE

BROSSE

BRUNELLESCHI

BRUANT

BUONARROTI

BUONTALENTI

BURLINGTON

C

CAMPEN

CORTONA, D

CORTONA, P

COTTE

CUVILLIÈS

D

DELORME

DIENTZENHOFER, C

DIENTZENHOFER, K

F

FISCHER VON E.

FISCHER, J

FLORIS

FONTANA

FUGA

G

GABRIEL

GARNIER

GIBBS

GUARINI

H

HARD. MANSART

HAWKSMOOR

HILDEBRANDT

HOLL

J

JONES

JUVARRA

K

KENT

KEY

L

LE BRUN

LEMERCIER

LE NÔTRE

LESCOT

LE VAU

LONGHENA

M

MADERNO

MANSART

N

NEWMANN

P

PALLADIO

PERRAULT

PERUZZI

PÖPELMANN

DELLA PORTA

PRANDTAUER

PRIMATICCIO

R

RAINALDI

RASTRELLI

ROMANO

ROSSO

S

SALVI

DE SANCTIS

SANGALLO

SANMICHELI

SANSOVINO

SANZIO

SERLIO

SMYTHSON

SOLARI

SUSTRIS

V

VANBRUGH

VASARI

VIGNOLA

VITTONE

W

WREN

Z

ZIMMERMANN