Assignment: Journal of the Society of Architectural
Two stories you should read and anwer the qoustions in the attatchment below
"Where Architectural Historians Fear to Tread"
"Walking through Dumbarton Oaks Early Twentieth-century Bourgeois Bodily Techniques and Kinesthetic Experience of Landscape "
Article Form
Maass's Issues
Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians
a. Author:
c. Title of article:
d. Volume:
e. Number:
f. Year:
g. Month:
h. Pages:
0. What is the primary argument of the article?
1. Bourgeois Standard 1. Does the article address "nonpedigreed architecture" or architecture that is "vernacular, anonymous, spontaneous, indigenous, [or] rural?" If yes, explain.
2. Racial Bias
2a. Who designed, built, and used the architecture under discussion? (What is significant about the identity of the people in terms of nationality, ethnicity, race, or religion?)
2b. Does the article address "non-Western" architecture?
3. Beaten Path
3a. Where is the architecture under study?
3b. Is the architecture located outside of Western Europe? (Western Europe includes European countries to the west of the iron curtain).
4. Genteel Tradition
4a. What type of building(s) or space(s), does the article address?
4b. Does the article address industrial buildings such as gas stations, textile factories, or grain elevators?
5. Surface Treatment
Does the article address materials, structure, building systems, or construction processes? If yes, explain.
6. Isolated Building
Does the article discuss the relationship between the architecture and its site or larger context? If yes, explain.
7. Isolated Art
Does the article address interior design, painting, or sculpture associated with the architecture? If yes, explain.
8. Isolated Discipline
8a. Does the article author employ scholarship or methods from other disciplines? If yes, explain.
8b. Does the scholarship of the article(s) contribute to other disciplines? If yes, explain.
9. What biases does the author reveal that relate to Maass's criticisms?
10. Summarize your analysis in 150-250 words. What is notable about this article according to the criteria set out by Maass? (Double space this section only.)
11. After going through this exercise, what other significant issues come to mind that Maass does not address?
12. What have you learned about yourself and architectural history?
Articles:
1.Where Architectural Historians Fear to Tread by John Maass.
2. Walking through Dumbarton Oaks Early Twentieth-century Bourgeois Bodily Techniques and Kinesthetic Experience of Landscape by Robin Veder.