Wow, that really is the full history of architecture. You'll probably start with burial mounds, then to Egypt, then Greece and Rome, briefly discuss Gothic churches, spend two full weeks on the Renaissance, then just kind of jump ahead to Le Corbusier and end not longer after him. That's just my guess, though.
It wouldn't surprise me. The course description says: "This introductory lecture course introduces the student to the study of the practical and theoretical principles governing architecture. Classical, Gothic, and modern styles are considered." so your summary sounds about right.
I have not. The only history class I had that was that general was two semesters of the entry-level Art History lecture. Architecture was jammed in there in such a way that it bored the Arch students and pissed off the art students. So the only text that general had paintings through half of it.If you had only known that drawing and/or math talent is completely unnecessary. Seriously, the classes that Arch students consistently do worst in are math classes. And virtually all drawing is on computer now. It's kind of funny how far away from math and drawing it is. :)
Yes, but don't you have to have some kind of spatial ability to make those foam models and such, which I totally don't? Seriously, I think any house I designed, even on a computer, would look like this. *g*
Seriously, do you just use a computer to design everything, then? Do you say "I want x amount of rooms, x high, x wide, and put them together in this order" and it does the rest for you or something? (Do you even make foam models anymore?)
Strangely enough, though, if I hadn't been an Arch major, I probably would have gone for English.
You know, I'm starting to get the impression that I'm the female version of you in many ways...
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Date: 2005-08-14 04:34 am (UTC)It wouldn't surprise me. The course description says: "This introductory lecture course introduces the student to the study of the practical and theoretical principles governing architecture. Classical, Gothic, and modern styles are considered." so your summary sounds about right.
I have not. The only history class I had that was that general was two semesters of the entry-level Art History lecture. Architecture was jammed in there in such a way that it bored the Arch students and pissed off the art students. So the only text that general had paintings through half of it.If you had only known that drawing and/or math talent is completely unnecessary. Seriously, the classes that Arch students consistently do worst in are math classes. And virtually all drawing is on computer now. It's kind of funny how far away from math and drawing it is. :)
Yes, but don't you have to have some kind of spatial ability to make those foam models and such, which I totally don't? Seriously, I think any house I designed, even on a computer, would look like this. *g*
Seriously, do you just use a computer to design everything, then? Do you say "I want x amount of rooms, x high, x wide, and put them together in this order" and it does the rest for you or something? (Do you even make foam models anymore?)
Strangely enough, though, if I hadn't been an Arch major, I probably would have gone for English.
You know, I'm starting to get the impression that I'm the female version of you in many ways...