Art in Rationalism

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every coin has two sideswe are presenting one side of the coin..

you can have your own side.

because,

everyone has their own opinion.

thank you.

art /ɑːt/ n. 1. works produced by human creative skill and imagination.2. a skill at doing a specified thing, typically one acquired through practice.

oxford english dictionaryrevised edition, 2013

rationale /ˌraʃəˈnɑːl/ n. 1. a set of reasons or a logical basis for a course of action or belief.

art in rationalism.

what is art?

what isn’t?

who defines art?

art is perception.

2000 years ago_ (50 BC)

architecture is a science that can be comprehended rationally.

Vituviande architectura

400 years ago_ (1600 AD)

eternal truths can only be discovered and tested through reason.

Rene Descartesfather of rationalism

300 years ago_ (1700 AD)

industrialization starts.

regularity, symmetry and variety are the golden rules of architecture.

Étienne-Louis Boulléearchitecture parlante

modernism emerges.

emphasis on function.

reason over emotion.

get rid of ornamentation.

rationalism.

Source: rationalistarchitecture.tumblr.com

Le Corbusier, ville contemporaine

Louis I Khan, trenton bath house

Mies van der Rohe, farnsworth house

giving a space a clear definition for function, form or proportions is rational.

but, giving an order to those spaces is design – an art.

emphasis on function.

emphasis on function

with order.

reason over emotion.

1. reason and2. emotion

get rid of ornamentation.

get rid of unnecessary ornamentation.

taj mahal

Source: archgeom.blogspot.com

as overall composition, so as discrete details have geometrical construction based on the golden section.

art in rationalism.

we know that the ‘necessary’ alone is not sufficient for man and that the superfluous is indispensable for him… or otherwise let us also suppress music, flowers, perfumes… and the smiles of ladies!

Paul Follotveteran decorative artist1928

we say..

“ the perception is being the imaginary line between art and rationalism, which actually does not exist. ”

art /ɑːt/ n. 1. works produced by human creative skill and imagination.2. a skill at doing a specified thing, typically one acquired through practice.

rationale /ˌraʃəˈnɑːl/ n. 1. a set of reasons or a logical basis for a course of action or belief.

thank you.

abhimanyu & sasank

Art in Rationalism

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