Running heading: Architecture influencing art forms

Abstract
Architecture is said to be part of art, mean wh ile there ar e other well know art forms namely
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dance, music, animation, comic, and etc. which are one of the beauty of human creativity. An
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architect does not just design buildings, but tries to put himself in the shoes of every
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individual before working on building. He is always remembered for his work even after
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deceased, this shows his mind work and creativity.

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Architecture is moth er of all a rts it influences other art form s like painting, drawing, dance,
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music etc. An architect allows the viewers to experience and artist to think about using his
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work in their art forms.

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1. Introduction
An Architect thinks out of box for every work given to him. Communicating with building is
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one of the great trait they posse . Impressing people with new design and giving the
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experience of nature is the art of Architecture .

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Everything in the world is interrelated , so is the architecture and other forms . While path of
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world is going towards more and more western culture, everything is changing accordingly.
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Artwork is showing its new phase to the world , E.g. Classical music to Rock band ,
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Architecture in Prehistoric times to Architecture in Contemporary times and others , at the

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same time influence of architecture on art also developed .

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1.1 Aim

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To explo re ho w art forms are redesigned and influenced under different timeline of
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architecture.
1.2 Objectivise

To explore how art forms were influen ced by architectural designs.

To understand the role of architecture in different eras.
To find out reasons behind the influence.
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1.3 Scope
Scope of this research includes detailed understanding of architecture and its influence on art
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form s. To find out what are the subterfuge between architecture and art forms which can help
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better future for now and for the generations ahead .

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1.4 Limitations
Architecture influencing art forms are limited to arts , this report does not include any topic
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related to science . Though logically it is both Science and art, most of the focus is based on
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artists influenced by architecture.

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1.5 Methodology
All the information collected are from authentication sites, which involves article s, n ews,
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magazine s, and PDF of textb ooks.

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2. Architecture and its Influence on various art forms

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2.1 Architectural Paintings
Architecture lies has the main focus in the form of genre painting , both inside and outside
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view . While architecture was used as the main element to provide rhythm to a background
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painting , and it was present in many early paintings and illustration s. Masaccios Holy
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Trinity from 1940s, the Renaissa nce architecture created a sense of deepnes s.
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In 16th century, The Western ar t made its o wn independent genre develope d in Flanders and
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Netherlands , in the peaks of 16th and 17th century Dutch painting which turned into
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architectural painting . Architectural painting developed into a tool for Romantic paintings .
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E.g. views on ruins became popul ar.

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16th century

In 16th century the development of architectur al painting as created its separate genr e in
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Western a rt . The predominance in this century were Flanders and the Netherlands . Dutch
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Hans Vredemen de Vries was both architec t and , it was the first important architectural
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painting in both Flanders and in the Netherlands , Painter including his sons Salomon and
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Paul , and Hendrik va n Steenwi jk I. Through which the family turned to b e the main
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predominant in the Dutch Golden Age painting .

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17th century

Architectural paintings in the 17th century became leading Dutch Golden age with portrait
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painting and landscape together .

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18th century

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In the 18th centur y architectura l pain tings relate d to citysc apes were mos t popular in Ita ly.
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Ano ther architectural painting th at is gen re closely relat ed with pro per were the c apriccios,
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they were fantasie s set in imag inary of an artist.

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Modern Architectural Paintings

The buildings Le Corb usier, Philip Joh nson, Mies van der Ro he, and Fra nk Lloyd Wright, are
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the identification for modern architectural paintings. They reflec t the development of
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enginee ring, technolo gy, and the mo st import ant is introducti on of ind ustrial materials like
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iron, steel, glass, and concrete. Anyhow, arch itects in pres ent times a re engaged in prac tice
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that w ere not only encouraged social chan ge, but also incorporated structural innovations.
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Painting the Glass House: Artists like Revisit Modern, brings architecture and dimensional
work s of various medi a that also includes videos. He explo red an interest am ong architecture
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artists emerging in the modern perio d.

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2.1.1. Illusionistic Ceili ng Pain ting

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Illusionistic Ceili ng Pain ting were the techn iques which inclu des perspective di sott o in s
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and quadra tura. Perspectiv e tools were frequently used for visually arts of o pen sky, such as
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ficti ve architectur al sp ace such as in the illusionist ic cup ola or a theocilus in Andrea
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Manteg nas Camer a degli spo si in Ro me.

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Di sotto

Di sotto which means from belo w, upward or seen from below in Italia n, developed in
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l ate Quattrocento Itali an Rena issance paintin g. Preospettiva melozzian or Melozzos

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perspectiv e re the Italian terminology that reflect technique of artist's influence. An
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architectura l vanishin g point Foreshort ened fig ures and archite ctural vanishi ng point are
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o ften used techniq ue to create the perce ption of tru e spa ce on paintin g for most often ceiling
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abo ve the viewer.

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Quadratura
Quadratura which was a po pular term in the sev enteenth century. It is als o normall y us ed in
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Eng lish, beca me popu lar with Ba roque artists. Quadratura me ans openin g up, throu gh
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arc hitectural illu sion the term is m ost common ly rela ted with Italian city painting.
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Pers pective theory due to its relianc e it is unite s architecture, painti ng and sculpture mor e
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fu lly and give s more overwhelming imp ression.

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2.1.2. Cityscape
A cityscap e is equivalent lands cape of urba n. In the mid dle of sevent eenth ce ntury the
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cityscap e became more indepe ndent gen re in the Nether lands. In Vie w of Delft (1660p

1661) by Jan Vermeer, pain ted an accurate portrait of the city Delf t.
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L ate in ninetieth cent ury the impressionists focus ed everyday lif e in th e city. Ind ustrial areas,
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sub urban, building sites and rail way yards wer e the m ain focus of citysca pe. During
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twe ntieth century Ed ward Hopp er stayed loya l to figura tive paintin gs and creat ed intrig uing
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im ages of America
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2.2. Comic
Writing comic by making pe ople laugh is one of the talent which not everyone can have, it
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does require humour. The exhibition h eld in Archi ET B D: la ville dessine explains all of it.
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While a comic writer imagine to st art thinking about a stor y he need to create a world of
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imagination with lots of building, people, nature and many more. It is a world of imagination.

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An architect designs influence the thinking of comic writer while imagining the dream city.
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The ex hib ition w as la id out in a chrono logical order starting from e arly twentieth cen tury
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with Wins or Mc Cay, the cre ator of Littl e Ne mo, a legend ary figure who "flies" between
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buildings in Chi cago to the Fren ch artist Franois Olislaeger who interrupted his skills in
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comic writing with ironic buildings design of twentieth century. The impa ct of architecture
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on comic writers somewhere in the corner is held in their brains to show th e characte rs in
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their roles powerfully and to give impact of the imaginative city which sets the comic.
2.3. Dance

India is a co untry of religi ous believe. An incisive illustration of temples in India are
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manifold. The architectural designs of temples had influenced classical dance in lively way.
Kerala temples with its circular and rectangular pattern res ulted in the da nce movem ents of
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Keral a Ko odiyattam, Krishn attam, and Rama nattam which were transfo rmed latter on, in
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present day they are called by the name of Kathakali and Mohiniattam. Temples of Ta mil
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Nadu impacted the geom etric pattern of Kuch ipudi and Bhar atanatyam. Likewise the liner
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circular pattern design of Jag annatha Temple influenced geome tric movements of Odissi,
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there are ma ny other dan ce movements influ enced by architec tural pattern of temples. Mr.
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P rabal explained about the origi n of Kathaka li the basic nritta sequ ence Kalas am and the
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usage of mud ras in the classical dan ce after the influenc e of temples arch itecture.
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2.4. Drawing
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the beginning Draw ing and arch itecture wer e of the same art form s but chan gings took
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places years after yea r then made its separa te path. Both of the se art form s had sh own their
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pres ence of beau ty in their w orks, it always a de bate topic to whi ch is inf luence on which art
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form. Architecture ju st does n ot happen. It ne eds a lot gro und work, calculation, and
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informati on to be collected to start a d esign. An architect just doesnt start designing
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buildings, he will check landscape, and em bodies the spaces according to the city and urban
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plans. An artist medium of communicatio n is his dra wings, and his imag ination cannot be
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hold by anyone. If perso n has to dra w a land scape he ca n to it with h is imagin ation or by
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observing the surroundings. An imaginati on can occu r when we see certain th ings in our
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liv es and w ant to improv e it and implemen t them in our int erested areas. This is ho w can
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archit ecture can influence thoughts of an artist i n t erms of being the primary sou rce of
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imagination.
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2.5. Fashion Designers

Its a basic human tendency, where the y see what the y to see and wa nt and listen what the y
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w ant to lis ten. Perspect ive of loo king at an obj ect ma y va ry from perso n to pers on. In the
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sa me way there are these Designers named Ph illip Li m and Milly who made up for the run
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way of fashion show attracted everyone, who were inspired from the ironic architects. Its just
not them, Mr. Delpozo, creative director of Josep Font, expresses that he was inspired form
The Art Deco and Expressionist architecture in the 1927 film Metropolis. In some of the
ways, he says, there is a very literal inspirationthe colour palette, the metallic feeland
in oth er case s, more abstract influence suc h as th e volume on sleeves and tops. Rosie
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Assoulin in her winter collection she designed with the inspiration by the Br ion Ceme tery by
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Itali an architect Carlo Scarpa near Treviso, Italy. Assoulin says. With perceptive they look at
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buildings clearly exhibits the influen ce of architecture in fashion designing.

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2.6. Gastronomy
The ar t of choice to cook and eat good food is known as Gastronomy. History of Gastronomy
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itself exhibits the creation of food showed in architecture. In the creation culinary of cream in

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nineteenth century, on e of the gr eat chef exhibited waterfalls, waves of sea and rivers of spun
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sugar. Therefore it provides them with dreams architecture in the fo rm of foo d. The influence
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of architecture on gastronomy can be clearly viewed in the work cream pastry, where he
created architecture landscape based on natural organic forms. In two of the chefs book, le
ptissier parisien and le ptissier pittoresque contains number of architecture designs and
drawings that can be projected as deserts.
2.7. Music
Combination of vocal or instru mental soun ds in suc h to prod uce the bea uty of form. Music is
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one of the way to relax. When ther e is no re-vibrations or the uneven walls which does not
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create echo loose the beauty of music. Mr. Neil Rolnick an American pioneer illustrates how
todays musicians find their inspiration in architects. He expr essed the pr incipal of modernism
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into the compo sition o f la yers of mu sic. He a dds th at "b oth depe nd o n a n unde rlying
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structu re which is often invisible to the user or audience." Rolnick believes that uprightness
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of this hidden structure is what decides whether either will appeal to the user or listener.
2.8. Teaching
The act of teaching is said to be one of the art form. The scope and care as an architecture
was always in hype. Teaching architecture is a no less job. In 1800 and early 1900s the
occupational structure of teaching was not well specific and more informal. Rece nt policies
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addre ssed that the care er of teachin g are differe nt from th ose of past. They started
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implementing more and more policies which a facu lty memb er should go side by side
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following the policies. It was har d for the architect who graduated before the internet era
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changed the searching mechanism, so does it was hard for teaching profession. In the past,
teaching was done on the basis of just the knowledge in the book, explore of the world was
low but still architects then did ironic building design which now we mark it as our tourism

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places. In the contemporary architect there is a lo t of explore about the world, an architect is
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able to get knowledge about anything and implementing them in their designs. In the same
more students are getting explore with world its a challenge for teaching profession to move
parallel. Faculty will have to keep himself updating with the information and should also
share new knowledge.

2.9. Theatre
Theatre being on e of the a rt form doesnt require a purposeful design building for presenting.
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But when audience have to experience the performance, efforts are made to create space
maybe for open air or with completely closed, this the beginning of theatre design. In both the
situation of open air or closed there c an be to simplest theatre, making audience stand or
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arranging seats. Theatre, however, is concern with expanding such space.

1. In order to provide maximum conditions for audience to experience performance
2. Giving chance to performers in achieving full expression of art.
A theatre can involve a temporary structure or a permanent design of building. As theatre are
meant for gathering of audience or group it can be used for multipurpose like meetings, films.
Concerts, specific lectures, and etc. At most, a theatre allows performers to perform and
audie nce to experie nce the performance. By giving the space for performance with all the
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basic comforts to performers like green room, technician room, and others in an arranged and
logical way it gives the chance for performs to put up more effort for giving best shows. For
e.g. an entry of actor can be through ropes, an architect design decides the level of

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performance that can take place. The rhythm and re-vibration in theatre decides the
experience of audience which is possibly designed by an architect.
3. Colosseum One among the 7 won ders of worlds.
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The Ro man Colosseum beauty can not be describe d in terms of words. The architecture of
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Colosseum has a lot of influence on todays architecture. Co losseum is one of the gre at
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arch itectural design. It influenced stagi ng vario us even ts in cluding gla diator fights, theatr ical
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entertainment, mock sea battles wild animal displ ays, religious ceremonies, executions, and
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re-play ing famo us Rom an victo ries. The area breath the Colosseum consists of tw o le vel of
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subterranean. In Colosseum display of animals and killing them was one of the act that use to
take place. Due to the crowd which would arrive to Colosseum to see the act the walls were
raised high so that there wont be any harm to audience by animals.
Colosseum gave the experience of night act due to its open top. People could performs their
acts in all the time of the day with its natural lighting filled in Colosseum. It enhanced the
beauty of acts. Colosseum had a perfect architecture design, rooms properly placed. If any
accident to ok place in the act the medical rooms were right in there, entrance were perfectly
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4. Conclusion
Instead of stating that world is changing, the better way to justify the statement is that We
are changing the world. Our thoughts, our way of living, our styles, our innovations, our
creativity, and etc. we are improvising in all the elements. Architecture is one of the leading
profession which is influence change in the society. It gives landmarks, shows the history and
culture of a place. It combining with other art forms as a part of design. Unifying the beauty
of art forms with architecture is also an art. Its often said that architecture is influenced by art
forms, its true though, but architecture can also influence art forms. In case of dance
performance, dancers are always prepared to perform at any platform but audience may or
not show the same enthusiasm. If a dancer is ready to dance in open space it is not necessary
that audience feel comfortable by standing and watching the show. An architect can give the
comforts to audience to sit down and arrange it in a systematic way to experience the
performance at the same time it helps a dancer to focus on his performance. It applies in all
the art forms. An architect allows the viewers to experience and artist to think about using his
work in their art forms.

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