Hannah Noel Ms. Gleason AP Human Geography 13 December 2016 Queen Anne Architecture Queen Anne styles show the eagerness and creativeness of the industrial-age workers. Its’ peak period was 1880 to 1900, although, it persisted for another decade. This style has nothing to do with British royalty and don’t resemble buildings from English Queen Anne’s reign. Queen Anne was named and popularized in England by Richard Norman Shaw. The first important expression of the Queen Anne style happened in 1874-75 in Newport, Rhode Island when the Watts-Sherman house was designed. However, most Americans first saw this style at the Philadelphia Centennial in 1875. Queen Anne found its most complete expression in detached homes that showcased its sculptural …show more content…
Folk architecture and Queen Anne architecture are connected because the creativeness and eagerness of the workers showed in their work. Since it showed in the work in their houses back then in England then it would be the same for when they were constructed over here in the United States except they would be more unique to the workers who put their own eagerness and creativeness into their houses. Also, since Queen Anne houses have unconventional and bold color schemes, then, the colors that the architects use depend on where they came from and on where they are now. Balloon construction is used in the mass production of complex house components and this connects to folk architecture because the workers who came up with that created it for themselves and is therefore the definition of folk …show more content…
It takes the history and culture from England and brings it over here to the United States. This picture was taken in Naperville and the colors of the house added a little color to the neighborhood. Most of the houses in the United States have bland colors and Queen Anne houses naturally have bold colors and it adds to the ugliness of the neighborhood. The decorations are also not something you would see every day in the type of architecture we typically have in this country. Most of the houses have little to no decoration on the outside as far as the windows and doors and brackets. The Queen Anne houses have elaborate, intricate work that the workers put a lot of hard work into. These types of details are what add to these types of bland and ugly neighborhoods that architects threw together so that people would have somewhere to
Cotton production during the Industrial Revolution played an important role in English history. The revolution was brought on by the development of new technologies, which included the invention of machines capable of producing large amounts of cotton fabric. The resulting shift in cotton production from home to factory began in 1760 and was complete by about 1830. The industrialization of cotton production transformed England in many ways, including rapid urbanization and the introduction of children into the factory workforce. It can be argued the cotton industry would not have been so successful without the use of children; however the effects were detrimental to their well-being and eventually led to the passage of a series of laws to limit child labour.
In his opinionated book, From Bauhaus to Our House, Tom Wolfe describes his views on the way architecture has framed our modern world. He frames his book long essay with an excerpt from America the Beautiful, "O Beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, has there ever been another place on earth where so many people of wealth and power have paid for and put up with so much architecture they detested as within thy blessed borders today? . . . Every child goes to school in a building that looks like a duplicating-machine replacement-parts wholesale distribution warehouse . . . Every new $900,000 summer house in the north woods of Michigan or on the shore of Long Island has so many pipe railings, ramps, hob-tread metal spiral stairways, sheets of industrial plate glass, banks of tungsten-halogen lamps, and white cylindrical shapes, it looks like an insecticide refinery." (Wolfe 1) This quote, in short, is the premise of his critique. He does not like the way modern architecture
In his book Modern Civic Art, Robinson discussed various ways to beautify the city from avenues to small streets, the tenements, the administrative center, and the furnishings of the streets, comprehensive planning, parkways and so forth. Some of his ideas were only good on paper at that time but as the city evolved most of them have now come into fruition. He explained that the backyard should be as beautiful as the front of the house as well as the inside. (Robinson, 1903 p. 241)
She redecorated the once cluttered dining room of her apartment in the 1890’s, stripping away the heavy Victorian decoration and replacing it with furniture and accessories to lighten the room. “Eleanor Brown’s style was based on French classicism, the prevailing taste in American society that had been established by Elsie De Wolfe twenty years before” (Smith, 100). Contrary to many of the decorators of her time, she also designed in the Directoire and English Regency style (Smith, 100), as French and English interiors were where she drew a lot of her inspiration from. In 1928, Brown designed an apartment for herself that included many styles, including Greek revival, Classical Revival, and even some late-Art Deco design. Dorothy Draper designed in the “classical late-Art Deco, Greek-Egyptian” (Smith, 105) style.
Prior to the industrial revolution people rarely experienced change. It was an extremely different place than it is now. During the industrial revolution there was a radical change in the socioeconomic and cultural conditions. People in majority were farmers since they didn’t have any technology everybody had to grow their own food. They were interdependent in maintaining all their necessities, mainly in their local communities because of the difficulty in distant transportation because they had no motorized vehicles. In villages there were private and public lands and in most there was no separating fence. In the public lands or village commons villagers could gather wood or have their livestock graze in the pastures and sum of the less wealthy farmers would even produce crops from it. The rich landowners lived on enormous estates and giant houses, cottages, and massive barns and huge fields. They also had servants who did whatever they wanted. However the people who rented land from them had quite a controversial life style. They often had to live with the farm animals they raised and a considerable amount lived in tinny, smoky, ill lighten, cottages.
These personifications and imagery brings the house to life as it makes you feel and see things much
Folk art has had a tremendous impact on our culture as a whole. It’s gave people a livelihood , and added a vibrancy to our history. What started out as a means of practicality is now a full fledged art movement. Folk art is an example of what our planets people can do if they get the chance to be resourceful and creative. From the vivid blown glass of Mexico, to the Intricate headscarves of Russia, folk art has touched every corner of the planet, and made us more colorful as a people.
All architectural styles have different characteristics. Gothic Revival Architecture has its own characteristics that make it unique to other styles. According to Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, “Gothic Revival style is part of...picturesque and romantic movement in architecture, reflecting the public’s taste for buildings inspired by medieval design.” (http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/late_victorian_period/2389/high_victorian_gothic_style/294719) Gothic Revival Architecture is one of the most unique styles of architecture because it was inspired by medivial design. Another characteristic that also sets this style apart from other architectural style is decorative...
He created a style of architecture to reflect America’s character. The central themes of his style were the landscape, people, and democracy in America. His style was heavily influenced by the midwest, the region where he grew up. His houses aimed to encourage the inhabitants to connect and communicate with one another. The hearth, dining room, and terrace all exemplify this, creating, and open, warm and welcoming space.
Gothic structures had a tendency to be very tall, light walls, towering structures and with large widows, a lot of light could flow in, giving a strong sense of happiness and godliness. Many town halls castles, palaces, and guild halls were structured in such fashions all over the European continent. Gothic styles are most remembered for the churches and cathedrals which overlook over some European cites. Although it was not as common, some people actually had the interior of their homes styled in a gothic manner.
Imagine waking up at five in the morning to walk over a mile to a factory where you work until noon where you get a half hour break for lunch, then it’s back to work until nine or ten at night, when you are finally allowed to go home and you are only eight years old. Today that seems unimaginable, but during the early 19th century it was the everyday life of thousands of children whose ages range from as young as five until you died. During the Industrial Revolution many children were required to work dangerous jobs to help their families.
At the beginning of the story, the narrator is moving into a house that she is renting while her house in being renovated. She describes the house as "The most beautiful place! It is quite alone, standing well back from the road, quite three miles from the village. It makes me think of English places that you read about, for there are hedges and walls and gates that lock, and lots of separate little houses for the gardeners and people" (105). This quote reflects that she considers this house as a place only the noble could live in. She has only read about homes like this, and she never thought that she would be living in one. She seems happy that she will be able to rent such a house. She adds that "There is a delicious garden! I never saw such a garden--large and shady, full of box-bordered paths, and lined with long grape-covered arbors with seats under them" (105). This adds to the elegant and royal qualities that the narrator believes the house has.
In conclusion, traditional culture in architecture is being eroded by modernity of the present architecture in China. The combination of the tradition architecture and contemporary architecture can effectively release the conflicts between them, and this can be achieved by two approaches: one is the employment of the traditional symbols; the other is the application of the traditional materials in modern architecture. In addition, the Chinese architects should raise their personal cultivation to really understand the dramatic charm of Chinese traditional architecture. With these approaches, the conflicts between traditional architecture and contemporary architecture will be released to a real extent.
Frank Lloyd Wright has been called “one of the greatest American architect as well as an Art dealer that produced a numerous buildings, including houses, resorts, gardens, office buildings, churches, banks and museums. Wright was the first architect that pursues a philosophy of truly organic architecture that responds to the symphonies and harmonies in human habitats to their natural world. He was the apprentice of “father of Modernism” Louis Sullivan, and he was also one of the most influential architects on 20th century in America, Wright is idealist with the use of elemental theme and nature materials (stone, wood, and water), the use of sky and prairie, as well as the use of geometrical lines in his buildings planning. He also defined a building as ‘being appropriate to place’ if it is in harmony with its natural environment, with the landscape (Larkin and Brooks, 1993).
When the Chateau was first constructed in 1623, it was constructed as a hunting lodge made of brick, stone, and slate (3-1 Internet 3). When the New Chateau was constructed around 1631 and it was decorated in the Baroque style. The style expressed the power and authority of the head of state. Baroque architecture combined in new ways as classical and renaissance elements as columns, arches, and capitals. Sweeping curved areas replace orderly rectangular areas and sculpture and painting played a greater part in building design, helping create an illusion of great space. Interest in the relationship between buildings and their surroundings led to a greater emphasis on city planning and landscape design. This emphasis was used greatly in the construction of the palace at Versailles. Baroque buildings in Austria, Spain, and Latin America were especially ornate and elaborate. The baroque architecture in France was more classical and ordered (pg 85, World...