Hate. Hate. Hate. Have I mentioned hate?

[icepixie]

Dear Scheduling Gods:

Not EVERY CLASS has to be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays. There are three perfectly good days of the week left in which to hold classes. You are making it VERY DIFFICULT to find a replacement class for Irish History.

No love,
Me


*peruses registrar's schedule*

Oh...wait. Wait...Art History department...Introduction to Architecture...MWF 11-12!

YES!

*dances*

Hmmm...29 enrolled out of 30 possible...remind me to get an add/drop form first thing on the first Monday of classes and get to that one way, way early. Or possibly bother Professor Dwyer Monday morning. Too bad you can't add/drop online...

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[icepixie]

Architecture?

Well, arch via art history, so not quite as nifty as the stuff you do, but perhaps more my speed. ;) Thought you might notice that post. *g*

(Gehry is evil)

So I gathered...

[spleeny.livejournal.com]

Actually, most of my Arch. history classes were through the Art History department, so it won't be too different than what I got early on. More general, probably, but not too different at all.

Thought you might notice that post. *g*

The only place on my flist I expect architecture to be mentioned in any way is on shaye's journal, so it caught my attention quite easily. :)

[icepixie]

Actually, most of my Arch. history classes were through the Art History department, so it won't be too different than what I got early on. More general, probably, but not too different at all.

Nifty! This is Arch. History from Classical to modern, so I think "general" might be understating it.

The text is Architecture from Prehistory to Post-Modernism (Trachtenberg and Hyman). Have you ever encountered it?

The only place on my flist I expect architecture to be mentioned in any way is on shaye's journal, so it caught my attention quite easily. :)

Heh. If I had any kind of drawing and/or math talent whatsoever, I might have considered being an Arch major. But I don't, so I just go, "Ooooh, pretty Gothic building!" and take pictures. *g*

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Nifty! This is Arch. History from Classical to modern, so I think "general" might be understating it.

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.

The text is Architecture from Prehistory to Post-Modernism (Trachtenberg and Hyman). Have you ever encountered it?

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.

Heh. If I had any kind of drawing and/or math talent whatsoever, I might have considered being an Arch major. But I don't, so I just go, "Ooooh, pretty Gothic building!" and take pictures. *g*

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. :)

Strangely enough, though, if I hadn't been an Arch major, I probably would have gone for English.

[icepixie]

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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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?

Technically, yes. But I was terrible at that stuff and survived. Hot glue makes model-making much easier as long as you're at least slightly careful with it.

Seriously, I think any house I designed, even on a computer, would look like this. *g*

Some professors would like that. Those professors are dumb, but as long as it helps your grade... :)

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?

No, you have to actually draw everything in CAD by yourself, but it completely removes the need for being able to draw a straight line.

You know, I'm starting to get the impression that I'm the female version of you in many ways...

This would appear to be the case. :)

[icepixie]

Technically, yes. But I was terrible at that stuff and survived. Hot glue makes model-making much easier as long as you're at least slightly careful with it.

Hmmm. Perhaps I should've looked harder into that. Although it would've meant going somewhere besides Kenyon, and that would have been sad. Plus, I wouldn't get to be a pretentious English major. *g*

Some professors would like that. Those professors are dumb, but as long as it helps your grade... :)

Hee!

No, you have to actually draw everything in CAD by yourself, but it completely removes the need for being able to draw a straight line.

So you can shift-draw like in Photoshop to get straight lines? That's AWESOME.

This would appear to be the case. :)

So I have a clone/twin in Scotland, a male double in Chicago, and triplets in California and New York. Shipper family trees are weird...

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Plus, I wouldn't get to be a pretentious English major. *g*

That was the main reason English was my second choice. I love being pretentious. Instead I get to brag that I had more work and less sleep than anyone in any other major. :)

So you can shift-draw like in Photoshop to get straight lines? That's AWESOME.

There are options you can set so that you don't even have to use shift.

So I have a clone/twin in Scotland, a male double in Chicago, and triplets in California and New York. Shipper family trees are weird...

It's more like ivy. Insestuous ivy.

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Only with "incestuous" spelled correctly.

[icepixie]

That was the main reason English was my second choice. I love being pretentious.

Pretention is fun. You can use words like "metatextual" and "hermeneutic" in casual conversation and know what they mean.

Instead I get to brag that I had more work and less sleep than anyone in any other major. :)

See, that's not really what I'd consider "fun"... *g*

There are options you can set so that you don't even have to use shift.

Ooooooh.

It's more like ivy. Insestuous ivy.

Or possibly kudzu...