ARCH 214bg Lecture 6: RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE Lecture 6
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The industrial revolution and the arts and crafts reaction. Newcomen"s steam engine, 1712, figured out how to take water out of a mine driven by steam. Islambard kingdom brunel embraced the technologies available was the key; he was one of the new breed of engineers who realized things were changing, made. Trying to keep one foot in history and one foot in the future. (gate from pylon gate in egypt) used flat-plat steel (primitive detail) Power loom result of a change in the industry; british tried to beat french in wool production women would weave using the foot pedals. It was possible to use belts to run the looms, then the foot pedal was gone and the wool was made faster, higher quality. Suddenly all of the people producing wool were out of work. It was a social phenomenon on an unprecedented scale. Village system became broken (everyone away at work in factories now)
