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[kiraofthewind]

Villains in my Good Thyme Inn trilogy

Post about the villains, antags, and general annoyances to my heroes in my current wip

The Barons of Aleton:

Scalvonian (191-248 r. 215) Went to war during the War for Munil, lost bitterly, acquired a parasite that made him eat constantly, always tired, and had difficulty having children. Did not produce an heir until he was almost 40 years old. He sold the Good Thyme Inn to Yamma in 218 after the war, when he was broke and had to pay his soldiers. The queen demanded he pay them immediately or else he'd lose his baronial title and be sent to prison. Died of complications of parasitic infection in 248.

Duvela (230-263 r. 248) Spent much of her adult life building her coffers so she or her descendants could buy the inn back. She was careful to obey the queen’s laws, and thus never caused problems for Marmalade or Shallot. Her caution around the queen was believed to have been caused by a fierce argument they had once that tarnished their relationship. Her death (at age 33) was suspicious, and many believe the queen hired a merchant of dance to kill her.

Velderash (252-297 r. 263) A spoiled brat raised by the regent-steward, Mr. Cloth (219-292). As an adult ruling independently, he was greedy and increased prices/rents whenever he felt he could get away with it. Tried to gradually price Shallot out of the inn so he could buy it back from her. His death in 297 was a supposed “hunting accident,” but it's heavily implied he was killed by Grilled.

Mavolo (275-300) Notoriously corrupt, greedy, and all-around shitty. Increased rent and prices on everything to astronomical levels as part of Adviser Anya’s plan for Aloutia which included the dissolution of rent limits. In the year 300, he was buried alive by Shallot and her boys. The Anti-Greed Army, a revolutionary army comprised of soldiers who deserted from the Aloutian Imperial Army, came in and took credit for his murder.

Riova b. 295 During the revolt, she escaped to safety thanks to a servant taking her to Dawndorrel. She tries to reclaim her ‘birthright’ in 310 (this is part of the Greed Wars Cycle pentalogy, not this trilogy, but I would have been remiss to not mention her existence).

Mr. Cloth, the steward, is a minor book 1 antagonist who will die in a horrible way that only serves to show how badass the heroes are.

Captain Brewer, the Captain of the Guard, is also a minor antagonist who may actually turn to the side of the heroes. I haven't decided what his fate will be. He might die in the revolution, or he might turn traitor and help protect the town after the revolution. We'll see.

Imperial Adviser Anya is mentioned throughout the book, but she's outside the scope of the Bad Company's sphere of influence. She lives far away, in the Imperial Capital city, and she has magic powers that make her invincible to mere commoners. Her death occurs over the course of events in these books, but is not described, nor do the Bad Company have anything to do with it. Her tale is told in the Greed Wars Cycle pentalogy.

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Downsides of Thievery Pt. 6

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Gavin was tired of being scolded and threatened. He’d been able to brush it off at first, but in the end it hadn’t taken all that long for him to lose the willpower to be insubordinate.

It wasn’t as if he was...broken or whatever. He wouldn’t describe himself as too afraid to speak altogether. He just...well he just needed a break. Trying to outmatch a giant was exhausting. Plus, Gavin was beginning to wonder whether it was really worth it. Sure it gave him some kind of sense of personal pride and satisfaction, but surely it wasn’t worth getting himself nearly pulverized by an enormous hand.

“This is such a shit storm,” Gavin moaned internally. Leave it to him to make his absolute mess of a situation somehow even worse.

As tempted as he was to glance up at Rael to try and get a read on his current mood, Gavin resisted. If he was going to be quiet, he was going to do it in the most pouty way possible. He’d act almost as if the alteon didn’t exist--which was pretty difficult considering he was literally attached to the guy, but whatever.

For about fifteen minutes the two of them went on in complete silence. Gavin’s urge to run his mouth was growing more and more intense, but he forced himself to hold his tongue. Just when he thought for sure he’d blurt something out, Rael’s walking suddenly took a sudden turn.

Gavin lifted his gaze to peer out through iron bars. He was met with the sight of what to Rael was probably no more than a stream, but to Gavin looked like a terrifying torrent of fast running water. He had never been particularly afraid of water, his parents had forced him to take swim lessons when he was eight after all. However, literal giant sized bodies of water were quite different from the chlorine filled pool at the local YMCA.

Before Gavin could argue with himself about whether or not he should ask Rael what he was doing, a pair of giant hands swooped into view. In a matter of moments, the cage was once again unhooked from Rael’s belt. “What’s happening?” The words flew out of Gavin’s mouth before he could stop them. So much for the silent treatment.

“I figured you wouldn’t like to dangle over the water while I’m getting a drink,” Rael responded. Gavin tightened his grip on the bars of his cage as his captor moved to set the thing down on a nearby rock.

Of course Gavin wasn’t going to say so to Rael, but he was grateful to not have to go anywhere near that stream. Plus, he was happy for any chance to be on solid ground and not hanging from a giant's belt.

“That can’t be all that sanitary,” Gavin thought to himself as he observed Rael sipping the stream water from a cupped hand. Although the water was probably moving fast enough for it to be considered safe, Gavin still didn’t trust water that fish could pee in.

It was at that moment that a deep rumbling caused Gavin’s cage to shudder slightly. The quakes were repetitive and had a rhythm similar to Rael’s footsteps. However, the tremors couldn’t have been caused by Rael, because he was still leaning over the creek.

A feeling of dread began to rise up in Gavin, but before he could call out to Rael, his cage was snatched up into the air. He was thrown around harshly from the movements that were somehow even sharper and more violent than Rael’s. When the tumultuous experience came to an abrupt halt, Gavin looked up to see the face of a giant stranger staring in at him.

-

While the weather was fairly pleasant, without any uncomfortable humidity, Rael had found himself feeling quite parched. Perhaps he’d dried out his throat from shouting at the human. He supposed it would serve him right for losing his temper. Either way, Rael decided a quick stop at a nearby stream to get a drink wouldn’t hurt. Gavin was still being quiet and well behaved, which continued to unsettle Rael, but at least it meant he wouldn’t kick up any kind of fuss if they stopped for a moment.

After setting the cage and its occupant aside, Rael went to scoop up some handfuls of water. The cool, clear water was quick to soothe Rael’s throat. He was in the middle of taking a nice long sip when he heard a sudden commotion coming from behind him.

He whipped around to see two alteons, a man and a woman. The woman’s skin was a touch lighter than Rael’s own. Her curly auburn hair was cut short above her shoulders, and she was dressed in makeshift armor, with a sword hanging from a sheath at her hip. The man’s skin was tan, but the lack of melanin suggested he hailed from a different region from that which they resided in. His dark brown hair was closely cropped, and he had a distinct scar underneath his right eye. However, what stood out most to Rael about the man was the fact that he was currently holding Gavin’s cage in his hand.

Rael had failed to bring a sword with him on this assignment, primarily because he hadn’t expected to need it when dealing with humans. Aside from that, the woods surrounding Ostrad were considered to be quite safe due to the relentless patrols the Emperor sent out. It was for this reason that Rael had felt fairly confident he wouldn’t have to worry about encountering any kind of brigands or ruffians. “This really isn’t my day,” he sighed internally.

Catching sight of Gavin cowering inside his cage, faced with a giant stranger whose intentions were unknown to him, Rael felt an unexpected wave of sympathy. Those tiny hazel eyes stared back at Rael in desperation, as if silently begging him to come to his aid.

“Well, well, what do we have here?” the dark haired man asked in amusement as he observed the human in his grasp. “Don’t tell me this is a real life human?”

While the man seemed unfazed by Rael’s presence, his companion didn’t appear to feel the same way. She stood a ways back, eyeing Rael nervously. Chances were, she suspected he had some kind of affiliation with the palace despite the fact that he wasn’t wearing the official Imperial emblem or colors.

“Damn, when people said they were tiny, I didn’t think they meant this tiny,” the thug mused, now holding Gavin’s cage at eye level so he could get a closer look. “I’ve seen rats bigger than this!”

While Rael didn’t have a real weapon on him, he did have a small dagger strapped to the back of his belt. Though he was itching to make a grab for it, he held back. There was a chance he could handle the situation without threat of violence. Already, the woman clearly didn’t seem eager for a fight with him.

“Excuse me, but that human is under the protection of his majesty the Emperor,” Rael stated coldly, taking a few slow steps closer to the man. He was pleased to see the smirk the brigand was wearing waver slightly as he realized exactly what he was interfering with.

“You’re a member of the Imperial Guard,” the woman surmised, speaking up for the first time.

The man glanced back at his partner briefly before returning his gaze to Rael. He had a smile on his face, but it was stiff and almost forced. He no doubt was aware that he was in a precarious situation, dealing with the Imperial Guard, but was attempting to put on a confident facade. “Ah, I guess it makes sense to only send one guard if all you’re guarding is this little thing,” he remarked.

Rael narrowed his eyes. It was obvious the man was fishing for information, trying to determine whether or not there were other soldiers lurking around. If he thought he and his partner could take Rael, then he would likely try to make off with Gavin. A human would sell for a hefty sum on the black market. Aletons would probably even pay just to catch a glimpse of a real life human.

“If you’re intending on attempting to take that human, I would suggest you rethink,” Rael said darkly. “Even if you manage to overcome me, you will soon have the entirety of the Emperor’s army pursuing you.” He wouldn’t pretend to have backup hidden somewhere in the trees, that was a bluff that could easily fall short. Instead, he would once again make fear his tool. “Once you’re caught, your punishment will undoubtedly be death.”

There was no need for Rael to lie. Within recent years, death had become less and less prevalent as a punishment with the Emperor. However, it was still utilized in extreme cases, such as treason. Knowing how cautious the Emperor was with human-alteon relations, Rael could only assume he would consider kidnapping a human to be treasonous.

Fear instantly flashed across the curly-haired woman’s face. She took a small step back, as if to distance herself from the entire situation. Meanwhile, her companion appeared to have become provoked by Rael’s words. An angry scowl replaced the sly one he had been wearing, and he was clutching Gavin’s cage in what seemed to be a possessive manner. “As if you have any right to be possessive over him,” Rael growled mentally.

“If we kill you, no one will have any idea who nabbed the little rat,” the man hissed, shaking the cage in a way that made Rael strangely furious.

-

Gavin had thought the way Rael handled him was about as bad as it could get. It really sucked being proven wrong. He didn’t know who the hell this random alteon that had grabbed him was, but he was somehow worse than Rael, which was quite the feat.

Ever since being snatched up, Gavin had no doubt developed a countless number of bruises as a result of this man’s rough treatment. It was like he didn’t even take into account that there was a living, breathing person inside. “There’s not going to be a living, breathing person inside for much longer if this doesn’t let up,” Gavin thought as he was again thrown against the bars by a violent shake from his new captor.

Rael seemed to be attempting to talk the man down, though of course he could only assume as much considering they were speaking in a language he couldn’t understand. Whatever it was was taking much too long for Gavin’s liking. He couldn’t believe he actually wanted to be back in Rael’s hands. But at this point, anything seemed better than being jerked around like some kind of toy. The lesser of two evils and all that.

As much as Gavin wanted to shout out obscenities at the alteon, he managed to bite his tongue. Rael seemed like he knew what he was doing, and Gavin didn’t want to screw it up by saying something stupid. His willpower really was being severely tested today.

Gavin heard someone shout something. The voice sounded feminine, and though he couldn’t see nor understand the alteon woman, he could hear the urgency in her voice.

Gavin’s captor, whom he had gathered was named “Kaydin”, jostled the cage. Most of what the man was saying went right over Gavin’s head, but he did catch him rubbing his fingers together in a money gesture. It was then that Gavin realized what exactly these people wanted him for. He had taken a lot of hits to his ego in the last couple hours, but being treated as merchandise to sell was really doing a number.

Why exactly alteons would spend money buying a human was beyond him. All the possibilities that flashed through his mind made him feel even more sick to his stomach than he already did thanks to Kaydin’s manhandling.

The woman shot back an angry retort, which was quickly followed by the sound of retreating footsteps that announced her departure. This left only Kaydin to face off against Rael.

Kaydin spat out more vicious words. Gavin glanced up to see sweat droplets beginning to form on the giant’s forehead. The guy knew he was in trouble.

Rael spoke up in his own language. It was still strange for Gavin to hear. Rael’s English was so good, he sometimes forgot it wasn’t his native tongue.

Gavin stared up at Kaydin’s face, trying to determine what his next move would be based on his facial expressions. He didn’t know what Rael had said, but he could only hope it had been convincing.

If it came down to it, he felt fairly confident that a trained soldier like Rael would win in a fight against this man who seemed to be the alteon equivalent of a mugger. The only problem was, Gavin wasn’t sure he’d survive being caught in the middle of a clash of giants.

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star names + dragons

Achalech Acocin Acock Acruda Acrumar Aiserakar Alachai Alaen Alamus Alashaut Albah Albalion Albat Alchaukas Alcherna Alcolin Alcon Alcorga Alcyong Aldarf Aldecca Aldediba Aldirk Alduha Alduhera Aldus Alebarrogg Alebenes Alech Alecraze Aleiske Alesha Aleshafik Aleton Algetan Algeton Algeus Algoch Algoma Algue Alhalfir Alicephasa Alion Alior Aliothwin Alivya Alkalna Alkoneb Alkul Allah Allamaa Allum Allux Almak Almerf Almeroth Almurnah Alnan Alnavagon Alnil Alochir Alourope Alphad Alphanke Alpheltar Alpher Alphirf Alphogg Alracheri Alraise Alrake Alraki Alramut Alrassim Alraz Alraze Alrium Alsadla Alshen Altab Altaia Altain Altakon Altaygedus Alwaidiske Anaos Ancat Anchellam Arazhamus Arfin Arocid Asarse Ashimoon Ashles Asiastelba Asineta Askabdhar Assab Asten Asterim Astula Athadia Atrak Aulamet Aviauva Azantamut Azham Azhdab Azmin Balah Balshang Balzir Batrak Becrum Belget Bellavior Belluda Benekba Beniastan Benir Benkitan Benun Beton Blamirfak Blazene Botei Braigor Burnah Burzaurux Calam Calwas Camaleh Caphili Caplam Casadfak Catard Caton Catrab Celphonif Chala Chaltaura Chaurogo Curopus Curunkabi Cynock Cynope Cynosua Death Deatorat Debotantab Debothanib Dedusa Denib Dhaurnemin Dhediadar Dhiraian Dhomalra Diadalbah Dragiatri Dragor Drakab Drakis Drope Drothacon Drothez Dscesco Duhedus Dusera Dusim Eddir Eddiri Edira Elbath Elmeinch Elmenekkat Eltark Enelgue Erope Eropus Erraira Etenki Etnavin Fafafnia Fafeyropus Fafira Falkulacor Ferrabium Feyrmuth Flaenen Flasaly Flyatrax Fomat Frabih Fragor Fraigo Frasterago Furak Furopus Furselnax Furseltara Galnid Gedir Gedum Genkitul Giaph Giaphajabi Giedis Gieduingue Gienildat Gientaut Ginax Gladlam Glathwin Glouroxim Gochentam Gomat Gornas Grabath Grakis Grasl Grebatab Hacel Hadhmak Haegrux Hakab Halfirain Hashen Haton Heembuda Helbah Helludarna Hembuda Hogoropus Hyadubra Hydrafera Hydrakib Hydram Hydrazimar Hydrocyon Hydrud Icala Ichera Izarfin Kadalas Kadarkash Kadfarra Kaineb Kajavia Kajavis Kalphaut Kalrasym Karachib Klechili Kleiano Kocha Korol Krakab Krane Ksolluruch Ksorct Ksoroniat Kurope Lesar Machedis Macra Makor Malra Marax Maton Mecrus Mekbud Melebat Melgiammie Mellus Mellux Melux Menatha Menax Menth Merochus Merracruma Merrimacal Meterra Meton Midib Midir Mimar Mimoth Minara Minela Minin Miraffiret Mirakis Mnelnar Mneterka Mosula Motan Motaura Mothafiah Mothfar Mulin Muphea Murisa Muropea Nandennar Nanope Nashak Nastongue Natai Natla Nella Nephakarf Nevin Niatz Nilia Nirka Nistartha Nuben Nubenke Nusich Okurobi Orobith Ourafni Ourzirn Paachim Paard Paash Peath Peathera Pelionib Pelph Phama Phedab Phelgem Pheran Phezn Polivya Pollum Pormalin Poronit Pracal Pramegiand Prazhda Propea Prosa Protaineat Pulus Pusich Pyron Racrud Raecrazet Ragocelm Regat Resarfar Rhajothel Rhalkarth Rukburuch Ryuud Ryuudr Ryuudrabih Sadeb Sadedib Sademineb Sadene Sadham Safake Safar Saffiasten Saiadi Saias Saildumam Salgora Salla Salnih Satab Scefyrbra Scharahada Schbar Schbird Schir Schirk Sciaach Seatlafar Segacor Segal Selmar Sericeleh Serigeteli Shalhadir Shirtak Shleh Sinax Sitabdhius Sitan Skennar Spicalchbi Spicheles Spichelum Spiduheem Storgoros Storma Stria Stulaffik Sualkellus Sualtab Subbah Suben Suhrion Sulurix Suraen Suriffia Surzaura Sutar Sutaran Suudalba Takrai Taygenock Teidhil Terisa Ternelivya Thira Thubba Tiamingue Typheddi Typhib Ununki Veginubirf Vegollafin Vijam Vingue Wasin Weian Weidus Wezelgue Yilia Zarezn Zarmflat Zaurakaige Zaurim Zeneb Zubba Zubheidhim Zubra Zubrachium

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[romansulb]

Informe Individual - S.M. Novella

PEQUEÑA INTRODUCCIÓN INFORMATIVA

Esta iglesia de estilo gótico renacentista, es una de las principales atracciones turísticas de Florencia, declarada hace alrededor de 35 años como Patrimonio de la Humanidad. Su importancia se basa principalmente en el diseño de la fachada, que es considerada como una de las obras maestras de la arquitectura del Renacimiento italiano.

La iglesia dominica comenzó a construirse hacia el año 1200 y se terminó el cuerpo principal del edificio a mediados del siglo XIV. La iglesia presenta una planta de cruz latina, con características típicas de la arquitectura gótica cisterciense, dividida en tres naves con diversas obras de arte en su interior.

LO RESALTANTE: LA FACHADA

El mecenas de la obra Giovanni Rucellai, encargaría a Alberti que diseñara la parte superior de la fachada (el cuerpo inferior ya estaba iniciado cuando lo retoma Alberti), su principal material seria mármol, de colores verde y blanco cómo lo indica la tradición toscana, genera una policromía que recuerda a San Miniato al Monte.

Su decoración se adapta rigurosamente a la idea de proporción, haciendo uso de figuras geométricas como rectángulos, cuadrados y círculos, sin tener un volumen notorio que sobresalga de la fachada.

EJEMPLO DE SAN MINIATO AL MONTE

Alberti creo la fachada a modo de cortina "tapando” la estructura de la planta gótica de la iglesia, trás un profundo estudio y diseño de proporciones basadas en cálculos matemáticos, generarían un equilibrio geométrico y una armonía a la fachada prácticamente perfecta (El punto fuerte de la obra a mi opinión personal), todo esto a través de la utilización de elementos clásicos (columnas, pilastras, frontones, órdenes, arcos de medio punto, óculos y sus resaltantes aletones o volutas a los costados del cuadrado central).

Dentro de un triangulo equilátero, el cuadrado sería empleado como módulo para las proporciones, teniendo 3 cuadrados reconocibles a simple vista (como se muestran en las imágenes). La relación armónica entre el ancho cuerpo inferior y el cuerpo superior de la fachada, la resolvió con dos aletones o volutas, lo cual fue motivo de gran repercusión en la arquitectura religiosa del siglo XVI al no haberse visto antes.

Alberti incorporó la tradición de un edificio gótico ya construido, empleando columnas de orden corintio con un claro sentido ornamental más que funcional, sirviendo para enmarcar la puerta y, por lo tanto, el eje central del edificio, así como su puerta principal. Además de las columnas, el uso de un frontón clásico es otro elemento tomado del repertorio ofrecido por la antigüedad, así como la entrada, que recuerda al Panteón de Roma, todo en un nuevo diseño caracterizado por la armonía existente entre las partes con respecto al todo.

Me quedo con que, junto con Brunelleschi, Alberti demuestra que es un gran representante de la arquitectura renacentista italiana, tanto en el plano constructivo, como en el teórico (De re aedificatoria). Tanto en sus tratados como en sus edificios hay un profundo estudio del mundo clásico, del que extraerá razones constructivas que relacionará a través de la fórmula clásica, como la idea de armonía (la relación de todas las partes con el conjunto, en sus propias palabras) que conseguirá a través del módulo cuadrado, medida que, a través de las matemáticas, servirá para diseñar toda la obra.

DETALLES RESALTANTES

La fachada al ser tan plana volumétrica mente hablando, en poco o nada es afectada por la luz.

En el entablamiento superior, junto a un decorado de barcos con velas, se puede observar escrito en latín el nombre del Mecenas de la obra, su año de realización y el símbolo de los Rucellai

COMENTARIOS Y CONCLUSIONES

¿Por qué Alberti no rehízo todo?

Para Alberti la labor de un arquitecto no era destruir sino, a partir de lo que ya estaba hecho, trabajar en el nuevo estilo. Así lo hizo también, por ejemplo, en la capilla de los Malatesta en Rimini.

¿Por que es tan importante una fachada en la historia?

Opino que en esta obra, Alberti buscó armonizar los elementos precedentes góticos con los nuevos, puramente renacentistas, por lo que supone un intento de organizar una fachada para las iglesias que respondiera a la nueva arquitectura eclesiástica generando un cambio a lo que venia siendo típico. No satisfecho con esta solución, buscará posteriormente nuevas formas en San Francisco de Rímini o en San Andrés de Mantua.

CRITICA SOBRE LA EXPERIENCIA EN GRUPO

Gracias a esta evaluación dinámica nos vimos en la necesidad de, además de trabajar en equipo para recolectar información y redactarla, logramos descubrir detalles y datos curiosos que nos dejaron en claro el grado de meticulosidad que podían llegar a tener estas obras, como en el caso de la S.M. Novella es el poder realizar medidas astronómicas a partir de la luz en la fachada (No logramos entender muy bien como, aunque parece que funcionaba con la luz de sol).

Sin duda alguna el renacentismo es una corriente que seguirá influenciando indefinidamente todo el futuro de la arquitectura y nos ayudará a guiarnos cada vez que miremos atrás para estudiarla.

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Arquitectura barroca

Surge en italia con la contrarreforma. Uno de sus rasgos es la propaganda y el simbolismo por ello se mezclan en espacios públicos y abiertos. En la segunda mitad el manierismo cambia la concepción, dotándolo de mayor libertad. 

arq y urbanismo: Busca la sensación de movimiento en las formas rebuscadas, contrastes de luces y diferentes volúmenes. Fachadas con formas cóncavas y convexas. Plantas centralizadas y bóvedas portadas con arq fingidas. Se busca que los edificios sean masas de movimiento. Es esencialmente arq urbana, los edificios mas importantes son iglesias y palacio. Fuentes, jardines...

Se siguen el modelo de Domenico Fontana quien crea nuevos trazos urbanos. Empezaba por conectar las iglesia de peregrinación con la Piaza de popolo como preferente. Se pretendía ofrecer un espacio  mas abierto donde cúpulas y obeliscos servían como referencias visuales. 

Gian Lorenzo Bernini: Artista protegido por los papas. Era un artista polifacético que une todos sus componentes en arq de reminiscencia clásica presentando al espetado como una escenografía. Ej: San pedro del Vaticano. Destaca el Baldaquino, encargado de Urbano VIII. 

Se apoya sobre 4 columnas salomónicas (helicoidales) que forman un conjunto de bronce rematado por un entablamento con guarda molletas. 

La novedad reside en su carácter plástico

Destacan los soles y abejas símbolo del papa 

Bernini culmina el proyecto de convertí en Vaticano en la primera iglesia de la cristiandad. Plantea una plaza con forma elíptica y establece dos centros con fuentes a los lados del obelisco central. Lo que integra todo el conjunto es una columnata con 4 hilas de columnas toscanas. Consta de 4 brazos rectos divergentes que generan un espacio trapezoidal. Coronada por un entablamento adintelado con balaustrada y 140 estatuas. 

Entre otras cabe destacar también la iglesia de San Andres de Quirinal, de planta oval y un interior organizado en torno a una capilla mayor y ocho laterales separadas por palastros. Su cúpula es ovalada y esta decorado con ángeles y guirnaldas. Fachada precedida por un pórtico alternando formas cóncavas y convexas que generan una impresión de gran dinamismo

Francesco Borromini: Origen Suizo considerado como antítesis de Bernini. Tuvo que conformarse con encargos mas humildes y menos presupuestos. Utiliza complejas plantas centralizadas (estrella, oval, elíptica) Fachadas de lineas curvas y claroscuros con sensación de movimiento 

San Carlos de 4 Fuentes: Edificio ubicado entre 4 calles, planta irregular y cúpula elíptica dentro. Pero lo mas sorprendente es la fachada ondulada, separada en dos pisos y juegos de luces

Iglesia de santa Ines: En la Plaza Navona de fachada cóncava y que nada entorpeciese la visión e la cúpula 

San Ivo alla sapienza: Planta de estrella hexagonal, fachada inferior concava y superior convexa, da a un patio interior y tiene una cupula mixtilina rematada por una linterna helicoidal. 

En venecio destaca Baltasar Longhena con la iglesia de Santa Maria della Salute con planta octogonal cubierta con una cúpula oval rodeada de volutas y aletones. 

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Good Thyme With Bad Company, chapter 10, as Grilled and Garlic brave a winter storm at night...

They did not fear getting lost. They could have walked around Aleton and the nearby farms with their eyes closed. Besides, Derion instinctively knew where their hands were. By keeping them with Shallot, she became akin to a beacon. They knew precisely which direction and how many steps she was away from them.

Neither boy would admit it to Shallot lest she forbid them from going out into the snow ever again, but they were cold. Being Fire elementals helped, and the fires on their wrists kept their arms and face hot, but their legs, crunching into the deep snow with every difficult step, prickled with cold. They felt the small hairs on their legs—a recent growth for Grilled—standing on end.

“If that kid came from the west, then his sister might be by the farms,” Garlic said. “Let’s check there.”

“We ought to look near the forest boundary,” Grilled suggested.

“Yeah. We’ll look around the farms and make our way to the gate.”

The western forest was strictly off-limits to peasants. It was the baron’s woods, and the animals within were his to hunt, and the trees his to chop. Well, the peasants did the actual chopping, of course, but only when he ordered it. Shallot had told the boys the rule was in place to make sure there would always be plenty of trees in the years to come. If anyone went in and chopping down trees any time they pleased, soon there would be none at all. Then no new houses could be built, and there’d be no firewood for winter.

Grilled had overheard Shallot grumbling to Parsnips about how firewood was more expensive this year than ever before, and for no good reason. The trees were as plentiful as ever. The baron had increased the price of wood just to increase his own profits.

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Downsides of Thievery Pt. 3

~ Previous Part ~ Next Part ~

Going through the portal from one dimension to another felt as simple as walking through a door. There was no flash of light, no weird tingly sensation all over Gavin’s body, no “welcome to a new dimension” announcement; Gavin could almost believe he was still back home...were it not for the fact that every single thing around him was mega sized.

Trees as tall as skyscrapers loomed overhead, and although he was looking down on them from Rael’s hip height, Gavin could still tell that even the wildflowers sticking out of the ground would be taller than him. He swore he even saw a chipmunk the size of a car scurrying up the side of a tree.

Suddenly, Gavin felt almost glad he was secured inside a cage. As much as he hated being confined, right now he didn’t feel like he could handle being out in the open, not with a bunch of big ass woodland creatures roaming about. Being attached to a big ass dude was bad enough.

Though he couldn’t see it from his current position, Gavin figured the portal they’d come through must have gone away, judging by the abrupt disappearance of the soft blue glow that the portal had been giving off a moment ago. “I’m officially closed off from the rest of humanity,” Gavin’s brain helpfully reminded him.

Glancing upward, Gavin caught Rael throwing him a brief look as if to ensure his captive was still there. The teal eyes examined him for only a moment before they returned to looking forward.

Gavin sighed. As intimidating as Rael was, he knew he couldn’t avoid talking to the guy forever. For one, he needed to ask his captor where exactly he was being taken, because in the middle of the woods hadn’t been what he’d been expecting. Gavin was admittedly not all that knowledgeable about alteon customs, but he was pretty sure they mostly lived in cities and towns.

Before Gavin even got the chance to mentally prepare himself for the prospect of addressing the alteon, he was bucked forward by the movement of the giant leg behind him.

Once again lying at the bottom of the cage, Gavin groaned. He was really beginning to sympathize with hamsters, lizards, and other handheld pets. Getting tossed around in a cage really sucked. Although, he figured most pets would be handled more carefully by their owners than Rael was currently handling him.

Every other step the aleton took jarred Gavin’s cage, meaning there was zero point in trying to stand up because he’d just be thrown to the floor again in an instant. Instead, he opted for sitting in the back with his arms wrapped around the iron bars for stability. It was still an unpleasant experience, but at least this way he could spare himself a few extra aches and pains.

About five minutes passed by and Rael continued to make his way silently through the forest. He clearly had no intention of striking up a conversation, which meant the task fell on Gavin. “Just picture him in his underwear,” he thought to himself, but then quickly realized that trick only worked on normal sized people. Picturing Rael in his underwear would only make Gavin feel both afraid and uncomfortable. “Okay…just imagine he’s not gigantic then.”

Gavin tilted his head back so he was looking up towards Rael’s face, however from the angle he was at, he could only really see the underside of the man’s jaw. “Yeeeah, kind of hard to imagine he’s not huge when I have to almost break my neck just to see his face.” After taking a deep, steadying breath, Gavin opened his mouth to speak.

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Were Rael someone well learned in the magical arts, he could have easily teleported both himself and his human charge to the palace. However, as things were, he had no choice but to travel on foot through the woods that surrounded the city of Ostrad.

Rael didn’t necessarily mind a little hiking, but having to walk back to the city added on about an extra hour to the assignment he never wanted in the first place. He blew out an inaudible sigh, ignoring the way the cage hooked onto his belt repeatedly bumped against his thigh as he walked. At least the human had kept quiet so far, as long as it remained that way--

“Hey, uh--Rael?” The unexpected sound of the human’s voice nearly caused Rael to stop in his tracks. He paused for a moment but quickly recovered and continued making his way forward.

Rael flicked his eyes downwards for just a moment and saw that the human was looking up at him expectantly. Half because he didn’t want to end up running into anything, and half because he didn’t want to give the human the satisfaction of getting his attention, Rael quickly went back to looking forward. “What is it?” he responded reluctantly, making no effort to hide his irritation.

“Well--um, I was just wondering where we’re headed,” said the human nervously. Rael had been a little surprised when he found out that humans didn’t have high, squeaky little voices that fit their size. Instead, their voices were essentially normal, though much quieter than that of an alteon. This was something Rael was grateful for. While it would have been briefly amusing if the humans squeaked like mice, Rael had no doubt he would quickly tire of it.

“I’m delivering you to the Emperor at the palace,” Rael stated tersely. Surely the human could have deduced that on his own.

There was a pause, and Rael hoped that would be the end of the discussion, but evidently the human had other plans. “Right but uh--why didn’t we just...portal straight there?” he asked.

Rael rolled his eyes. He didn’t know whether it was all humans or just this one in particular, but there was certainly an air of obliviousness emanating from Gavin Stone. “The portal needs to be distant enough from civilization in the event intruders manage to slip through somehow,” Rael explained slowly, as though he were speaking to a child.

Honestly, the precaution of keeping portals isolated seemed as though it was more for the sake of protecting the humans that might come through than any alteons. Prior to departing for this assignment, Rael had been educated in all the ways humans could potentially bring harm to alteons. The list was quite short, and mostly involved large weapons of mass destruction, which were apparently not widely available in the human realm.

A thoughtful hum came from the caged human. “I guess that makes sense, though I can’t imagine any human intentionally trying to come here,” he commented. He seemed to be gaining some confidence in his speech and no longer stumbled over his words, much to Rael’s annoyance. The last thing he needed was for his captive to start getting talkative.

“Believe me, we don’t want humans here either,” Rael retorted. Perhaps he was speaking from his own opinion more so than that of the general population of his dimension, but he wasn’t about to tell Gavin Stone that.

-

Gavin narrowed his eyes at Rael’s comment. If he didn’t know any better, he might say that his captor wasn’t all too fond of humans. He had to wonder what the alteon’s past experience with humans had been. Was Gavin the first he’d met? Had he really made that bad of a first impression? “Oh yeah, I sprinted away from him full speed,” Gavin reminded himself.

People not liking him was not an unfamiliar thing for Gavin. Admittedly, he maybe didn’t have the best verbal filter, and had the unfortunate tendency to blurt out whatever popped into his head. He had been fired from his first job at a movie theater for accidentally calling his manager a “lazy dickwad” within said manager’s earshot. He had gotten sent to the principal’s office in third grade for letting it slip to another kid that Santa wasn’t real. And Gavin knew it was only a matter of time before he said something to Rael that really pissed off the giant.

If Gavin were smart, he would just keep his mouth shut. It was obviously what Rael would have preferred. The only problem was, Gavin wasn’t smart. Smart people became doctors, settled down with a sweet spouse, and moved into a fancy house in the suburbs. Smart people did not become thieves who stole from literal giants.

“So uh--are you like the Emperor’s delivery guy then?” Gavin asked. He didn’t really know where he was hoping the conversation would go or what he hoped to accomplish, but running his mouth felt familiar. If he stayed quiet he’d just end up wallowing in his own anxiety and fear.

Rael shot Gavin a quick, sharp look. “I am a member of the Imperial Guard, not a ‘delivery guy’,” he snipped, clearly not fond of Gavin’s insinuation.

Gavin didn’t really know what being in the “Imperial Guard” entailed, though he supposed it had a fancy enough name. Honestly, it kind of sounded like something out of Star Wars, though he wasn’t going to mention that to Rael considering the guy probably didn’t even know what a movie was.

“So did they specially choose--” Gavin’s sentence was interrupted midway through by an annoyed huff from Rael.

“There is no need for us to converse. So unless you have something crucial to say, I recommend you keep quiet,” the alteon stated coldly.

Despite Rael’s less than friendly tone, and the fact that it was a colossus of a man saying it, Gavin did not intend on keeping quiet. A familiar desire to be contrary was rising up in him. His mom had always called it his “urge to be a complete pain in the ass.”

Gavin didn’t necessarily want to intentionally piss off his captor, he didn’t want to make an enemy of the alteon. That would be stupid even for him. However, Gavin wasn’t about to roll over and behave like a good little boy. He was a criminal, following the rules was basically the antithesis of who he was. No, Gavin was going to talk to Rael whether the elf looking son of a bitch liked it or not.

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C's Recap - Series Between Em's-C's Squared

C's Recap - Series Between Em's-C's Squared. #VanCanadians fall to 2-2. #BlueJays #Jays

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The Vancouver Canadians have dropped to .500 on the season. The Eugene Emeralds evened up the series at two games apiece by downing the C’s 6-1 on Father’s Day at P.K. Park.

The Emeralds scored in five straight innings, opening the scoring on a Gustavo Polanco home run off Canadians starter Wilfri Aleton in the second inning. The Em’s added to their lead on a…

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INFORME EXAMEN 1

Santa María Novella

La iglesia Santa María Novella es una de las iglesias más importantes de la ciudad italiana de Florencia, se encuentra situada en la parte antigua de la ciudad en una plaza del mismo nombre y está considerada patrimonio de la humanidad

LA FACHADA

La fachada de mármol se encuentra entre las obras más importantes del renacimiento florentino. Comenzada en 1456 y se finalizó en 1470. La primera intervención se realizó en 1350, cuando la zona fue recubierta de mármol blanco y verde. De esa época datan los seis nichos de las dos portadas laterales, de estilo gótico, así como la ornamentación de mármol a recuadros. Los nichos continuaron a lo largo de la pared oriental externa de la iglesia y alrededor del recinto del cementerio.

Por encargo de la familia Rucellai, Alberti diseñó la gran puerta central, los frisos y el complemento superior de la fachada, en mármol blanco y verde oscuro. Alberti armonizó los elementos previos góticos con los nuevos, puramente renacentistas. Las incrustaciones bicolores se inspiran en el románico florentino, en concreto en la Basilica de San maniato al monte. Alberti también ideó las dos volutas que permiten salvar la distancia existente entre la nave central y las laterales, denominadas aletones.

EXPERIENCIA EN GRUPO

Trabajar en equipo nos hizo hacer nuestro mayor esfuerzo para lograr conseguir información útil y redactarla, también nos dimos cuenta en nuestra investigación que está fachada tiene datos curiosos y eso hizo que enriquecieramos más nuestros conocimientos acerca de esta obra de Alberti, nos esforzarnos para entregar un trabajo que valiera la pena como el vídeo y por lo menos para mí fue grato ver lo bien recibido que fue.

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Quattrocento, arquitectura.

Intro: Renacimiento designa a un conjunto de manifestaciones culturales y artísticas que surgieron en italia durante el siglo XV y XVI. Pretendían superar los modelos medievales y crear un nuevo estilo basado en la antigüedad clásica. Se pone una versión antropocéntrica del mundo, una filosofía humanista y un arte basado en los modelos grecolatinos.

EL renacimiento italia no divide en dos etapas:

EL Quattrocento que abarca el s15 donde surgen las nuevas formas clasicistas que se extienden por italia

El Cinquecento, que abarca el s16, es cuando alcanza su plenitud. De forma paralela se produce una reaccion anticlasicista llamada manierismo, un reflejo de la crisis de los ideales renacentistas.

El arte del Quattrocento en italia.

Italia se encuentra formada por un conjunto de estados de diversa entidad donde destaca el norte por su poderío económico (manufacturas textiles, banca, comercio...) muchos de estos estados eran oligarquías burguesas donde los gobernantes eran aristócratas, y eclisiasticos o burgueses. Realizando el mecenazgo, se rodearon de los mejores artistas y financiaron su trabajo. Destacan familias como los Medici en Italia o los Sforza en mIlan. La republica de Florencia fue el primer foco creativo, gobernada por la familia Medici.

La sociedad era humanista, que valoraba la razon humana como via del conocimiento medicante le estudio racional, y se basaba en la economía mercantilista, basada en el calculo, y una politica sustentada en la diplomacia. El artista comienza a ser valorado por su capacidad intelectual para crear obras, se le considera un genio.

La arquitectura del Quattrocento.

Marcada por el descubrimiento de Diez libros de la arquitectura de Marco Vitruvio, caracterizado por el empleo de elementos constructivos grecorromanos (arco de medio punto, bóvedas de cañón y arista) .La aparición de la columna abalaustrada (principalmente en lombardia)

El predominio del orden, la sencillez y la simetría.

Preferencia de plantas centralizadas

Edificos armonicos que buscan la unicad espacial

Iluminacion diafana y clara, sin vidrieras

Nuevas tipologias de iglesias y palacios

Filippo Brunelleschi: Primer gran arquitecto del periodo y prototipo de hombre renacentista. Sentía una profunda admiración por el mundo clásico. Estudio la perspectiva y fue el primero en formular sus leyes y en introducir elementos clásicos eliminando los góticos. Entre sus obras encontramos:

cúpula de Santa María de las FLores, duomo de Florencia: Construcción mas novedosas que se adapta al espacio de la catedral medieval. Tiene una cúpula aun elevada sobre un tambor octogonal pero de dimensiones colosales. Su sistema se basa en dos cúpulas unidas que crean entre ambas una cámara hueca. Se sustituye la piedra como material por la argamasa y el ladrillo para disminuye el peso final.

Iglesia de san lorenzo, Florencia e Iglesia del Santo Espiritud: Planta de cruz latina donde desaparecen las formas góticas y los elementos tanto decorativos como constructivos son clásicos. Capiteles corintios, entablamentos, arcos de medio punto...Incorporan un rasgo original, un fragmento de entablamento sobre capitel. las dos iglesias son ejemplos de simetría, armonía y equilibrio. Ambas fueron terminadas tras la muerte de Brunelllechi

Capilla de Pazzi en la iglesia de Santa Croce: Encargada por una familia de banqueros tiene un planta rectangular cubierta por una bóveda sobre pechinas reforzada por nervios y decorada con fondos de cerámica. Su fachada es considerada por muchos la primera fachada renacentista

Loggia del Hospital de los inocentes, Florencia: Consta de una loggia con arcos de medio punto sobre columnas y tondos de cerámica policromada en las enjutas.

Arquitectura civil: El palazzo de Pitti: Establece el modelo de palacio florentino. La historiografía reciente considera que el diseño pertenece a Brunelleschi y fue ejecutado por Luca Fancelli, su discípulo. Dispone de planta rectangular con patio interior, tres pisos y fachada con un parametro almohadillado que le da aspecto sobrio y claroscuros.

Michelozzo di Bartolomeo: Discipulo de Brunelleschi con su obra mas conocida, el palacio medici Riccardi de Florencia. Similar al palacio Pitti de planta rectangular y tres pisos. Su apartamento almohadillado tiene un relieve decreciente de abajo hacia arriba que produce efectos de luces y sombras. las ventanas en arco de medio punto están divididas por parteluces y el coronamiento remata con un alero saliente

Leo Battista Alberti: Arquitecto y primer teórico artístico del renacimiento. Escribe varios tratados sobre el arte donde recoge los principios y se muestra partidario de la geometría. Realizo la fachada del templo de San Francisco en Rímini. El cuerpo de la fachada principal esta inacabado pero posee formas geométricas donde se combina el orden compuesto y coronado con dinteles. La lateral se compone de arcos de medio punto y óculos en las enjutas, que dan efecto de claroscuro. La fachada de Santa María Novella, terminada tras su muerte, dispone dos aletones de forma volutada para unificar los cuerpos laterales. Esta coronado con un frontón triangular. Se corresponde con el interior basilical, de estilo gótico. Toda la fachada esta realizada en mármol y ornamentada con figuras geométricas policromadas. La puerta de la entrada consta de un arco de medio punto flanqueado por columnas adosadas y coronado por un dintel.

La iglesia de San Andrés de Mantua tiene planta de cruz latina con una sola nave cubierta con una nave de cañón casetonada, capillas laterales, ábside semicircular y cúpula sobre pechinas sobre crucero. Su fachada sugiere un arco de triunfo romano rematado con un frontón.

En arquitectura civil destaca el Palacio de Rucellai, en Florencia. Tiene un paramento almohadillado rematado con cornisa. Entre los vanos se coloco polastras de ordenes superpuestos (toscano, jónico y corintio, de abajo hacia arriba) que recuerda al esquema del Coliseo de Roma.