Aristotle On What Is Inside and Outside a Work of the Poetic Art. (Papers In Poetics 4)
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Art Outside American Transitions from Rural to Urban Life Webinar #3 | July 28 th , 2011
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Art Outside. American Transitions from Rural to Urban Life Webinar #3 | July 28 th , 2011. Constructed Environments. Neighborhoods Parks Buildings Cities Houses Shopping Centers and Malls Amusement Parks. Schools College Campuses Factories Offices Streets and Highways Restaurants - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Art Outside
American Transitions from Rural to Urban Life
Webinar #3 | July 28th, 2011
Constructed Environments
• Neighborhoods• Parks• Buildings• Cities• Houses• Shopping Centers
and Malls• Amusement Parks
• Schools• College Campuses• Factories• Offices• Streets and Highways• Restaurants• Museums• Historic Sites
Ohio’s constructed environments…
• Name an Ohio construction (building, monument, neighborhood…).
• Are these constructions meant to be aesthetically pleasing? Functional? Both?
• Think about your constructed environments: home, your neighborhood, where you work, where you shop, where you like to visit.
• Are these constructions meant to be aesthetically pleasing? Functional? Both?
• Are there layers to these environments?
Picturing America Constructed Environments
• Architecture– 1. the profession of designing buildings, open areas,
communities, and other artificial constructions and environments, usually with some regard to aesthetic effect
– 2. the character or style of building: the architecture of Paris; Gothic architecture, Modern architecture, Classical architecture, Art Deco architecture
Picturing America ArchitectureState Capitol Building, Columbus, Ohio, 1838-1862, Thomas Cole, et. al.
Picturing America ArchitectureThe Chrysler Building, 1926-1930, William Van Alen
Picturing America ArchitectureFalling Water, 1935-1939, Frank Lloyd Wright
Picturing America Constructed Environments
• Monument– something erected in memory of a person, event, etc.,
as a building, pillar, or statue: the Washington Monument.
– Commemorative; historical; artistic; celebratory
Picturing America MonumentBenjamin Franklin, 1862, Hiram Powers
Picturing America MonumentRobert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regimental Memorial, 1884-1897, Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Beyond Architecture and Monuments
• What are other ways artists comment on, alter, or create constructed environments?
Ecology | Environment | Vandalism• How do these artists reference history?• How do these artists reference other
aspects of social studies?
Art or Ecology?Andrea Zittel
A-Z Mobile Compartment Units Indianapolis IslandA-Z Pocket Properties
Art or Ecology?Andrea Zittel
A-Z Otttoman FurnitureRaugh DeskA-Z Single Strand UniformA-Z Pit Bed
Art or Ecology?
• Mel Chin, Revival Field
• Alexis Rockman,The Farm
• Andy Goldsworthy, Large fallen oak tree…
• Francis Whitehead, Co-generation Systems at SYC
Art or Environment? Maya Lin
The Wave Field, 1995Eleven Minute Line, 2004Storm King Wave Field, 2009
Art or Environment?Maya Lin
Langston Hughes Library, 1999The Civil Rights Memorial, 1989Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 1982
Art or Environment?
• Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty
• Nancy Holt, Sun Tunnels
• Christo and Jeanne-Claude, The Gates
• Richard Serra, Twain
Art or Vandalism?Shepard Fairey
Art or Vandalism?Shepard Fairey
Murals in CincinnatiObama 2008 Campaign Poster
Art or Vandalism?
• Keith Haring (Drawing on black subway placard)
• Barry McGee, Untitled (drawings)
• Banksy, Untitled
• Lady Pink, Untitled
Essential Information
• Standards and Artists’ Websites • Extensions
– Altered Environments– Designing a Monument– School Architecture: Referencing History– School Architecture: Sustainability– Classroom Debate Vandalism or Art
