how the Manitoba Legislative building expressed the power of Manitoba

 how the Manitoba Legislative building expressed the power of Manitoba

Over the past decades, and especially during the colonial period, rulers and political leaders in most parts of the world used to identify their territories by unique architectural structures. Such structures had deep meaning in terms of power and the leadership of the region. A good example of such structures is the Manitoba Legislative building, which was constructed in 1920. The architectural design of the Manitoba legislative building, which was carried out by Architecture Worthington Simon and Henry Boddington III, represented the art of rulers, including its scale and design. This paper aim at explaining and illustrating how the Manitoba Legislative building expressed the power of Manitoba providence by its architectural design as well as its magnificent statues surrounding it.

The Manitoba legislative building expresses the power of the provincial government in the following ways. The magnificent architectural design of the Manitoba legal building shows the power of the Manitoba provincial government. This building was designed in a unique way as its exterior and interior taking shapes of sacred geometry as geometric figures and ratios were employed in its design. The geometric design used in Manitoba legislative building was only used in the design and construction of religious structures such as temples, monuments, and churches, hence the incorporation of such design in this building expressed and illustrated the power of the provincial government of Manitoba.

The Manitoba legislative building possesses many statues that represent very powerful creatures. For instance, as you approach the north side of this legislative building, there is a statue of a woman kneeling before another standing man’s statue, which illustrator the powers of rulers over the people of Manitoba province. Next from this statue, there is another statue of goddess Europa in front of a bull; this illustrates the power of Canada’s heritage. From this stature, there is another statue of women and children that depicts the colonization of new territory. This illustrates the power of securing another territory. A statue of lady Manitoba is seen in a place in the center with sun rays falling on her back…this further illustrates the power of courage as Manitoba resembled goddesses Ishtar which is one of the powerful gods of Egypt. Next to lady Manitoba, a muscular man stature with harass of powerful horses as well as a plough which is tilled in the soil. This further illustrates the power of the Manitoba legislative building as it is intended to be the reference building for Manitoba’s influence in the whole province.

Furthermore, the power of the Manitoba legislative building is illustrated by the presence of bison at the stair of the main entrance to this building. These bison presents sacred bulls that were used to guard the entrances of temples. This further illustrates the power of this Manitoba legislative building. Inside this building, there is a reception room used by Lieutenant governor, especially to receive foreign visitors. The use of this building by the governor further illustrates the power of its province.

The art of rulers is designed to act as the representative of power in the region. From the Manitoba legislative building, its design was unique and magnificent than all the other buildings in the Manitoba providence. Hence this building served as a power icon in the region. Historically, rulers are believed to use all the resources available to construction iconic buildings that were used to symbolize power in the area. For instance, Egyptian rulers were building a magnificent palace that using the best architectural design of that period. The palace building was the icon of power and was highly secured by the king’s warriors. In ancient Greek and Roman temples were constructed by the use of unique architecture decorated by the use of Ionic order. Alters in the temples were also decorated. Romans believed that God was the most powerful, and there was a need to build a magnificent temple for Him. Hence, rulers believed that architectural designs symbolized power. That’s where most of the rulers invested more in architectural design to establish one of the most magnificent buildings in the region. For instance, structures such as palaces were taken to symbolize power in the area. This is because constructing such buildings needed the efforts of the whole community or society and even the neighbors. Such buildings further demanded extra organization efforts, choice of a skill, and material so as to ensure that such building comes out very unique in the whole region. Creating such magnificent buildings was taken as the start of power creation. The structure was also used to glorify the leaders as they could be defined by their efforts to come up with the most magnificent building in the region. Such a building also brought respect to the society as other communities praised the building skills used by the community, which constructed the best iconic structure. The iconic building was also assumed to prove the masterminding ability of a given kingdom or community that received the prestige merits and impressing demonstration of their ability and power in the region.