ARC 234 Lecture Notes - Pediment, Industrial Revolution, Entablature
4 May 2014
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Greeks were not interested in the field of history. Felt historians didn"t take a rational look at the world. This outlook will change in this period. 1752 first modern history of architecture is published. Voltaire began a trend of all things medieval. Strawberry hill first building we see emerge during gothic revival. 1749 first book of science was published the natural history by buffon. Natural history became the new name for science. New audience enlightenment questioned autocratic rule (torries vs whigs) Architects were called on to invent building types void of any precedents. Shift from art owned by king/church to art owned by the people: concept of museum, library, halls for legislative assembly, railway stations, department stores, a need for a general archetype. How does one come about designing with a program in mind how to recognize specific programs by the architecture. Founding of first engineering school, school of bridges and roads in paris.
