ANTH 123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Le Corbusier, Haute Couture, Tudor Period
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Islam was dominant religion of northern africa, where piece is focused. Ideas: male (light side/protection/ entertainment and guest area) vs female (dark. House of oppositions: side/sexual acts/human, plant and animal procreation/ birth and death), animals vs human. Moist, green, raw / bright, vivid, entertaining. Outside: masculine/grown and sold/social and market/sun = masculinity. People are unpredictable - we all have slightly different perspectives because of. Despite all of our differences our system will not change nature - we are all born a little different. Still happens in structure of homes today. Deeply personal, and linked to our identity. Where the things and people we love are. Way of life - they hand pick the materials used to create their homes. Unlike other rooms, the living room, has no set function. Hearth: no proper ventilation, center of room. Placement of actors - everyone had a certain place. Fireplace: come about sometime during the medieval period.
