ARC132H1 Lecture Notes - Johannes Itten, Mass Production, Walter Gropius
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Discourse: verbal interchange of ideas; especially conversation, formal and orderly and usually extended expression of thought on a subject, a mode of organizing knowledge, ideas, or experience that is rooted in language. Not a history of the past in terms of the present. History of how things got to be how they are today. History of how things did not have to be the way they are today. History looks to the future as much as it does to the past. Preceeded by the royal academy in the 17th century. More closely aligned with the fine arts. Practiced the idea that artistic education started with copying old examples. Had to approach a teacher or architecture to be their mentors. Took around 15 years to complete the program. Only one student achieved it every year. Prize was to study the antiquity in rome. Competitions were a way of working your way up.
