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For the Reflections unit we covered 4 main points. I see it as the saying goes "history repeats itself" in which we started the unit off talking about how different stylistic ideas had a set of rules behind each design process. Then we went on to talking about how designers began to look for ideas that some what bent these rules turning into the next stage of completely breaking the rules. Once these rules were broken and the Modern period began, a new set of rules were set into play.

As we go through this unit, we explore different examples of buildings that borrow on different time periods. One of these buildings being The Castle Howard designed by John Vanbrugh in 1699.

When looking at The Castle Howard design styles we begin to realize that it was borrowing on the baroque style. The outside shows a classical and inside shows a design like the greeks would use with lots of pictures.

The spacing is made like the gothic. Throughout this building it shows how all of the styles begin to be used together and are emerged.

We moved onto the revolution of design. Revolution was seen as "A drastic and far reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving. It both ends and starts with a new cycle". Some examples in the 50's and 60's were the rise of middle class, consumer revolution, music, political, etc. As most people, when it came to design, were following the classical revival, the designers were said to be the ones that had to break the rules in order to create a new design style, such as modernism. Flexibility was starting to be shown in furniture such as dressers and tables having wheels so that they can be moved around rather than posted in a single place. Speaking about moving, other countries, not only places like Greece and Rome were beginning to be looked at for new ideas. The exploration of new influential styles were becoming more popular. Due to a greater trade throughout countries we start to find more eastern influence on designs in the west. An example would be the peacock room by James McNeill Whistler in 1876.

It shows a how there was no space on the walls that were left empty, framework completely covered the surface. This also showed how it is starting to become more about the surface work rather than the substance of the work. As we continued we started to see more of glass and iron being used together, starting the industrial revolution. You start to see the old world and the new beginning to emerge completely and new stylist ideas being used. The crystal palace being a good example where as it is built solely using glass and iron.

As we touched on all of these points in this unit we see hows the designers take on the past and cultural influences, but create a completely new design view where they begin to look to the future rather than the past. Thus for breaking the rules, and starting to write out their own.

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http://www.travlang.com/blog/castle-howard-a-stately-home-in-yorkshire/

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