Five Citations From History and Theory Week 2

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  Illuminate:> To brighten with light,to use light to apply emphasis on a subject in art. Brighten intellectually or spiritually, enlightened, elucidate, emphasize.
  Louis I Kahn states that there was no true architecture without natural light. (Roth p86.) The perceptions of textures is dependent upon the quality of light falling on a building. Studies have found that light creates psychological and physiological effects on living things. Great artist used the effect of light to focus on paintings such as The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa. Baroque architects used light to focus attention on certain areas in their churches.
  The Temple of Amon at Karnak was not only a place of worship but also a center of enlightenment of learning. The Egyptians worshiped the sun they called their god RA. The Temple of Amon has it's axis pointing toward the winter solstice sunrise.
  
  
  
• In art class we studied light in the form of water coloring vignettes a little color and then the back ground of the white paper lets the light shine though. Light is the most effective element in creating a sense of mystery and awe and the manipulating of light is the principal agent in the creation of shrines and religious buildings.(p.88 Understanding Architecture Leland M.Roth)
  Another form of illumination was fire the discovery of fire in early civilization. The discover of the creation of man in Africa and then migrating toward Eurasia because of severe climate change the discovery of fire for warmth who controlled the fire was in control. In the cave as L'Escale, France the oldest known hearth was found some 750,000 years ago. ( Roth 161)
  Not that fire relates to our study but it is wonderful to be warm inside when it is so cold outside.
  Credit for photos: Nina Aldin Thune Wikimedia Commons