THEORY: Ching's Notes about Theory of Architecture Terminologies
1. Theory of Architecture 1
Terminologies
Important things to understand before you go any further than (like)
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2. Art
The conscience use of skill, craft, and
creative imagination in the production of
what is beautiful, appealing, or of more
than ordinary significance.
Art is a diverse range of human activities in
creating visual, auditory or performing
artifacts (artworks), expressing the author's
imaginative or technical skill, intended to
be appreciated for their beauty or
emotional power
3. In their most general form these activities include the production of
works of art, the criticism of art, the study of the history of art, and the
aesthetic dissemination of art.
13. Aesthetics
The branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of art, beauty, and
taste, with a view to establishing the meaning and validity of critical
judgments concerning work of art. A.k.a. esthetics
17. Beauty
The aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives intense
pleasure to the senses or deep satisfaction to the mind or spirit,
whether arising rom harmony of form or color, excellence of craft,
truthfulness, originality, or other, often unspecifiable property.
21. Taste
Critical judgment, discernment or appreciation of what’s fitting,
harmonious, or beautiful prevailing in a culture or personal to an
individual.
31. Science
A branch of knowledge dealing with a body of facts or truths obtained
by direct observation, experimental investigation, and methodical
study, systematically arranged and showing the operation of general
laws.
32. Engineering
The art and science of applying scientific principles to practical ends in
the design and construction of structures, equipment, and systems.
33. Technology
Applied science; the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation
and use of technical methods and materials, and their interrelation
with life, society, and the environment.
39. Form
The shape and structure of something as distinguished from its
substance or material.
40. Shape
• The outline or surface configuration of a particular form or figure.
41. While form usually refers to the principle that
gives unity to a while, and often includes a sense
of mass or volume, shape suggests an outline with
some emphasis on the enclosed area or mass.
45. Organic
Of or pertaining to shapes and forms having irregular contours which
appear to resemble those of living plants or animals.
46. Nonobjective
Of or pertaining to shapes and forms not representing natural or actual
objects. Also, nonrepresentational.
47. Geometric
Of or pertaining to shapes and forms which resemble or employ the
simple rectilinear or curvilinear elements of geometry.
48. Abstract
Of or pertaining to shapes and forms having an intellectual and
affective content dependent solely on their intrinsic lines, colors, and
relationship to one another.
49. Massing
A unified composition of two-dimensional shapes or thre-dimensional
volumes, esp. one that has or gives the impression of weight, density,
and bulk.
50. Symbol
Something that stands for or represents something else by association,
resemblance, or convention, deriving its meaning chiefly from the
structure in which it appears.
51. Sign
A mark or figure having a conventional meaning and used in place of a
word or phrase to express a complex notion.
52. Articulation
A method or manner of jointing that makes the unified parts clear,
distinct, and precise in relation to each other.
55. Pattern
An artistic or decorative design esp. one having a characteristic
arrangement and considered as a unit of which an idea can be given by
a fragment.
62. Order
A condition of logical, harmonious, or comprehensive arrangement in
which each element of a group is properly disposed with reference to
other elements and to its purpose.
63. Unity
The state of quality of being combined into one, as the ordering of
elements in an artistic work that constitutes a harmonious while or
promotes a singleness of effect.
72. Contrast
Opposition or juxtaposition of dissimilar elements in a work of art to
intensify each element’s properties and produce a more dynamic
expressiveness.
82. Balance
The pleasing or harmonious arrangement or proportion of parts or
elements in a design or composition.
83. Symmetry
The exact correspondence in size, form, and arrangement of parts on
opposite sides of a dividing line or plane, or about a center or axis.
90. Scale
A certain proportionate size, extent, or degree, usually judged in
relation to some standardor point of reference.
91. Module
A unit of measurement used for standardizing the dimensions of
building materials or regulating the proportions of an architectural
composition.