Reflections Summary

Abigail speaks about the reflections unit being a unit of revolutions, revivals, cycles and reforms. She begins by talking about the Baroque period and how so many different aspects of their lives were affected. Baroque changed and influenced architecture, music, furniture, art and culture and she states this era as being a movement filled with emotion, drama and rich ornamentation which I think we could definitely all agree upon. Baroque was a reflection of the Renaissance she says in which a holistic action took place that unified drama in many different areas of design and living. 

Linda goes on to talk about revivals in her post and also speaks of the Renaissance, which she says was a completely new style of design and architecture all together. An example she uses in that of the Supreme Court Building in Washington D.C., which is that of Neoclassicism. She characterizes features of this very building which include Roman things more than Grecian; such as the portico that features two rows of Corinthian columns.

And lastly we have Dajana (my wife) that talks about the 19th century and how this was a time in history where there was a major identity crisis in design. Working with ideas from the Renaissance and how everything basically was a spin off of that style. She talks about new materials coming into play such as iron and glass and steel and these people using these materials were the ones breaking the rules and really doing something different and new.