Descriptive Essay Instructions As noted in our Syllabus ARCH 2008 will require you to write a Descriptive Essay of at least 500 words on one of the Signature Buildings listed on the far right side of each numbered Lecture title on the Schedule, shown on the first page of each recorded Lecture and included again below. This essay should demonstrate ways in which the building exemplifies aspects of two or three of the Interpretive Themes listed at the beginning of each different recorded Lecture and listed again below. Your essay should demonstrate that you have (1) looked carefully at the building, can (2) describe in clear language what it is you see using the terms developed in the Lectures, while (3) reflecting your selection of the most appropriate of the Interpretive Themes mentioned. This essay should be sparsely but clearly illustrated, and written in 10 pt font with a lines spacing of 1.5. It is to be clearly labeled with your name and uploaded on the course Moodle site as a PDF no larger than 10MB by 8:00 am Friday, March 26th. Submission to the course Moodle site is located just before Weekly Quiz 8, where it appears on the Syllabus & Schedule. Interpretive Themes Developed Throughout the Course: abstraction (removal of the insignificant towards representation of an essence or purpose) architectonics basis of value continuity (spatial conception as ex
pression of use and continuity with aspects of the surrounding environment) conventionalization / type diversifying social classes disciplining the picturesque empiricism / romanticism experience, growth and change greek vs. gothic revival (rationalism / empiricism / historicism) historicism / eclecticism humanism integration of visual arts landscape (nature) & industry logic of categories logic of rhetorical composition mass and volume measure, (extension) modern society and the city / industrial capitalism movement, sequence, empathy myth & identity naturalism / experimentalism / interpretation (hypothesis) organic form (expression of use, expression of materials, expressions of surrounding environment) rationalism / idealism / the Enlightenment rationalization according to 2 & 3 dimensional geometry representation rise of the nation state sublime / picturesque telescoping orders ( continuity ) unity and complexity universal space THE ESSAY MUST INCLUDE SOME OF THESE THEMES PLEASE SEE THE TWO ATTACHMENTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS; THERE IS A BUILDING LIST ATTACHED AND THE ESSAY CAN BE ON ANY OF THEM
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