Ready? Set, Go! During a charrette you must look quickly and extract what is important in a specific building or detail. This helps to train us to see things quickly and record the necessary information needed to express the significance of the building.
When we arrived in Venice, Professor Jenkins gave us a classic Gothic façade to sketch (Ca’ D’Oro). First, he challenged us to sketch with limited time, giving us 30 minutes, 10 minutes, 2 minutes, 60 seconds, 20 seconds, and finally only 5 seconds to complete the façade. After completing these exercises, he pushed us even further by creating a line budget for each drawing, first 9 lines and then just 3 lines to create the same façade.
With so many places to visit in such a short amount of time, we were able to use these techniques throughout the whole trip in Venice at places such as Basilica Della Salute and San Giorgio (Palladio).
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| Gondola ride over to the Facade of Ca'D'Oro |
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| Facade of Ca'D'Oro |
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| Basilica Della Salute |
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San Giorgio
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Sketching the Facade of San Giorgio
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| Ss. Redentore |
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| Girls in Venice |
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| Olivetti exhibit designed by Carlo Scarpa. |
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| Fondazione Querini Stampalia . |
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| Fondazione Querini Stampalia courtyard by Carlo Scarpa. |
We headed back to Rome just in time to start the Easter celebration, along with a sea of tourists. While some of us attended the famous Easter mass in Rome, others decided to travel and continue to see many places in such a little amount of time.
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| Pope Benedict XVI at the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday. |
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| Pope on Easter Sunday. |
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| Palermo, Sicily |
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| Brussels, Belgium. Art Nouveau. |
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| Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Eye. |
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| Cathedral of Colgone, Germany. |
Posted by: Liana La Mastra, Lauren MacGregor, Elena Mangigian, Tom McKenna
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