ARC132H1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: How To Deal, City Beautiful Movement, Le Corbusier
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18th century- 20th century: (1793-1968) beaux arts: more hands on and focusing on the overall design. Polio- d"architecture (1794-present) polytechnique: more into steps, and going into details about planning, and elevation of final product. John-nocholas louis durand, famous for teaching polytechnique, to his classes. It was like military school, what you learned in 15 years, you"d end up learning in 3 months. 20th century (1919-1933) bahaus : community center looking building. Bahaus art building - walter gropius bahaus dessaus 1926. Triangle drawings sketch- walter gropius , bahaus manifesto - 1919. Not a history of the past in terms of the present. Utopia; imaginary ideal place contructed when one wants to be in. Dystopia : imaginary fearful place constructed by someone, where no on wants to be. Globalization: 16th century- it is basically making more connections worldwide, and spreading on the global scale. 2 new classes of people evolves: - bourgoise middle class (lawyers), proletariot (laborers)
