History of ID and Architecture: Recap

This class caught me completely off guard. Turned out to be my favorite art history class, and a real inspiring one. Our professor was very animated and passionate about the class, which makes a WORLD of difference. We learned from the beginning of architecture, back to Egypt where pharoahs ruled, tombs filled with extravagant gold and precious stones and memorabilia and furniture. The first shelves discovered in Skara Bra, Scotland. On to Greece, and Rome and their sculpture, their philosophy, their politics and religious beliefs and how that effected the furniture they filled their rooms with. The Roman Triumphant Arch, symbolism. How this branched from Italy to France, then to England. The movement of Architecture and how much of what we see today stems back to ancient Greece. Queen anne funiture, Chippendale. It was so interesting to see how much Religion and Politics effected the movement of furniture, interior design, and architecture. Pushing extremes from everything for God, to everything for the law and rulers (eg. King Henry VIII) and how it's bounced back and forth depending on who was in charge. Who would have thought politics and religion were the major factors in the course of Interior Design and Architecture?

We sketched a total of 40 sketches, in pen, of furniture, art, or architecture we discussed. Here's a bunch thrown together to show a bit of what we did.



Class rating: *****