Vitruvius, Alberti and power

• Autor(a) principal: Borges, Carolina da Rocha Lima
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: P@ranoá
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/paranoa/article/view/11609
• topic: Vitrúvio; Alberti; Ornamento; Decoro; Retórica; Vitruvius; Alberti; Ornament; Decorum; Rhetoric

The concept of Vitruvius on the ornament as an element that gives character to the building, and therefore to the city, served as the basis for the treated of Alberti.Both architects understand the ornament as compositional lines that gain legitimacy when they have a utility and a symbolic characterin architecture. Utility can be understood as an ornamental element that also responds to practical needs, such as those that ensure a civic character of the building, contributing to the city’s organization and decorum. Ornaments are theoretically determined by canons of proportion and harmony when they are thought as elements that complete the structural beauty in classical architecture. In practice, ornaments in public buildings have a compelling rhetoric and might function as a domination and legitimation tool for the ruling class.