ARC132H1 Lecture 2: ARC132 Lecture 2 .docx
Document Summary
Histories of the present 2: metropolis and architecture. Clip from movie metropolis (1927) theoretically set in 2026. We see two parts, skyscrapers, planes, latest infrastructure. Also featured pictures from some magazine, scifi for the future. Plot of film resolves around son of master of metropolis, and his love interest from the underworld. The metropolis in the modern imagination appears as a utopia and dystopia. The world modern: think about the start of a global world. Industrial capitalism: fed by commerce, mechanized, agriculture and industrial process. Agricultural revolution emerged at the same time as industrial revolution. This was because of the mechanization of both. A new way of understanding the world also occurred enlightenment. Liberty, freedom and autonomy were emphasized, french revolution. Transformations of society occurred because of the accumulation of capital through these things, also colonialism. This started in england, and spread to other parts of europe. A rise of a new social class bourgeoise.
