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Introduction to the vocabulary of design thought and design concepts in the context of arts, architecture and the built environment.
What Does Music Mean ?
According to Leonard Bernstein, music is a moment that can tell us more about the way we feel than a million words can. There is no limit to the different kinds of feelings music can make us have. And some of them are so special and deep that they can’t even be described in words. It’s all in the way music moves so that he describes it as a moment. By listening to some music that doesn’t try to tell a story, but only tries to paint a picture in a general sort of way; or to describe an atmosphere; the look, the feel of something that is made up a combination of sounds. Music is never about anything, it just is. It builds up with notes, but notes don’t tell any ideas. Between notes there are meanings that we cannot name. That’s why Bernstein declared that music is just music, the rhythms, harmonies and the way it is orchestrated, in the way it develops itself.
Regulating Lines By LE CORBUSIER
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Architecture gives an opportunity to humans for creating a structure by themselves. In process, people seek after a tool that can help for creating order and harmony in a design, and this constituted as a geometry which is called regulating lines. As geometry serves as a universal language in architecture, these lines are being used by almost all architects. Regulating lines are helping in such cases like designing some geometric proportions to compose some fundamental rules such as; proportion, harmony, visual order etc. Blondel’s “Regulating Lines” gives us an idea about the essentiality of the lines in architecture history. These lines can provide rhythm and aesthetic satisfaction for the work. So that regulating lines are playing a major role for creating the whole structure in some different ways.
ORNAMENT AND CRIME BY ADOLF LOOS
"Ornament and Crime" analyzes the argument surrounding architectural ornamentation to emphasize its effects on culture, aesthetics, and the economy. Adolf Loos stated that decoration is a sign of wastefulness and cultural decline, calling it a "crime." Loos argued that rather than going back to inappropriately decorative design, modern society should embrace simplicity and functionality as a reflection of progress.
Reyner Banham, who challenges Loos's claims, and Joseph Rykwert, who reconsidered the value of ornament and suggests it might have deeper significance than just ornamentation, are also included in the book. The overall conversation explores how notions of ornamentation have changed within parallel with industrial, cultural, and technical advancements, raising the question of whether ornament is still appropriate in modern design.
WAYS OF SEEING BY JOHN BERGER
"Ways of Seeing” examines the ways in which visual culture and art influence perception public power structures, identity, and perception. John Berger questions common views of art, arguing that our opinions of images are affected by replication, context, and cultural norms. He looks at the effects of mass reproduction and photography, which separate works of art from their original setting and turn them into products. The book also criticizes how women are portrayed in art, emphasizing how they are diminished for the male gaze, a technique that is still common in contemporary advertising. Berger exposes how pictures reproduce gender inequity, consumerism, and social hierarchy by establishing connections between past art and modern visual media. Finally, he asks readers to look again and criticize visual cues, supporting a more critical and conscious interaction with the images that surround us.