Rhythm_architecture

The **rhythm **  is produced by the repetition of one or more elements.



The picture above belongs to the Parthenon. Its style is classic Greek architecture. In this kind of architecture, proportion, geometry and rhythm are fundamental elements. Rhythm is present in many ways in this building. The most notorious ones are the columns. The make a linear rhythm. The height of the columns is always the same, the shape and even the space between them, making them a very regular, constant type of rhythm. Every column itself has its very own rhythm, shown by the vertical lines that rise from the base to the top. The other visible rhythm in the Parthenon is created by the decorations that come just above the columns. These decorations consist of a combination of short vertical lines and frames, which are aligned with the columns, creating a similar rhythm. 

**__Roman Coliseum__**



It has a steady and harmonious rhythm in the facade. The ordered beauty and formal regularity of the Colosseum's exterior is created by three storeys of superimposed arches with engaged columns. These columns are of different orders on each storey. In between the pilasters, are small rectangular windows. Above and between the windows there are stone socles, which once held the masts used to support the awnings, designed to shade about one third of the spectators. If you look upwards, you can still see the holes through which these vertical masts slotted.

The exterior was decorated at the top with glistening gilded bronze shields, and the arches were filled with painted statues of emperors and gods. Two grand entrances, one at each end of the minor axis, were used by the emperor, as well as by official presenters of shows and no doubt by other grandees.

The entrances were marked by giant porticoes, each topped by a gilded horse-drawn chariot. The emperor also had a private entrance, which went under the seats, and emerged in the imperial box.

