Mario Botta, Light and Gravity, Architecture 1993-2003.Striated striated /stri·at·ed/ (stri´at-ed) having stripes or striae. striate, striated having streaks or striae, e.g. striate retinopathy. striate border see brush border. light in Noah's Ark Noah’s Ark preserves Noah’s family and animals from flood. [O.T.: Genesis 6:7–9] See : Refuge , Jerusalem Zoo by Mario Botta and Niki de Saint Phalle Saint Phalle , Niki de 1930-2002. French sculptor who gained recognition in the 1960s for creating paint-container sculptures designed to burst and splatter when hit by gunfire. . A remarkably light-hearted work by Botta, that master of the serious (and often portentous por·ten·tous adj. 1. Of the nature of or constituting a portent; foreboding: "The present aspect of society is portentous of great change" Edward Bellamy. 2. ) architectural statement, shows his playful side which, as the most recent monograph shows, is not as reticent as it might sometimes seem (think for instance of his wonderful floating section of Borromini's San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane--AR February 2000). Recent work is assembled with great thoroughness in Mario Botta, Light and Gravity, Architecture 1993-2003, ed Gabriele Cappellato, Prestel, Munich etc, 2004, [pounds sterling]42. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion