Modernizing Ancient
Architecture
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Elements of Ancient
Architecture
 Pediment: The triangular space formed by the gable on
either end of a Greek temple of treasury.
 Doric: Column standing directly on the stylobate with vertical
shafts fluted by concave grooves and topped with a smooth
capital.
 Ionic: Column standing on a base with a capital paired by
scrolling volutes.
 Corinthian: A slender fluted column and ornate capital
decorated with acanthus leaves and scrolls.
 Entablature: The horizontal architectural members forming
the superstructure of a building above the columns.
 Stylobate: The course of masonry in which columns stand.
 Stereobate: Remaining steps of the platform beneath the
stylobate and just above the leveling course.
 Relief: A sculptured artwork where a modeled form is raised
or in sunken relief lowered, from a flattish background plane
without being disconnected from it.
What is Modern
Architecture?
A building style That Primarily Focuses on the
Simplification of form and the elimination of
ornament.
Examples of Modern Architecture:
 MoMA
 The Sage Music and Art Gallery
 Works of Vladimir Tatlin
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Architectural History of MOMA
•The first Director at MoMA submitted a plan for the conception and organization of the
Museum that would result in the Museum's multi-departmental.
•Expansions took place during the 1950s and 1960s planned by the architect Philip
Johnson, who also designed The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden; and in 1984, a major
renovation designed by Cesar Pelli doubled the Museum's gallery space and enhanced
visitor facilities.
•In 2004, Yoshio Taniguchi designed architecturally distinctive galleries (spacious and
smaller, more intimately scaled for the Museum’s commitment to the art of our time)
specifically for the type and scale of works displayed in order to provide an ideal
showcase for MoMA's unparalleled collection of modern and contemporary art.
Inside MOMA 2004
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The interior promenade in the lobby offers
expansive views of both The Abby Aldrich
Rockefeller Sculpture Garden and the
light-filled Donald B. and Catherine C.
Marron Atrium, which soars 110 feet
above street level.
Expansive, skylit galleries for temporary
exhibitions are located on the top floor.
The Sage Music and Art Gallery

Designed by Foster and
Partners, the entire complex
is sheltered beneath a
broad, enveloping roof that
is ‘shrink-wrapped’ around
the buildings beneath in
order to allow for maximum
attention to detail in their
acoustic properties.
Vladimir Tatlin

Achieved fame as the architect who
designed the huge Monument to the
Third International. Planned in 1920,
the monument, was to be a tall tower
in iron, glass and steel which would
have dwarfed the Eiffel Tower.
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Influential in Constructivist art with his
pre-Revolutionary counter-reliefs,
structures made of wood and iron for
hanging in wall corners. He
conceived these sculptures in order
to question the traditional idea of
painting.
Resources/Contributions
 Kaya, Serdar. “Vladimir Tatlin.” 2004. Arts and
Sciences
Network 2006.
http://www.artprofessor.com/artists/vladimirtatlin.php
 Anderson, Bridget, and Sale, Michelle. “Modern
Makeovers:Redesigning and Modernizing Old
Buildings.” 19 Nov. 2004 The New York Times. 2005
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