Reading Comprehension 5

[1] From the Roth, Harwood, and Massey readings, select an ARTIFACT you believe to represent revolution in design.SPECULATE about the type of revolution this artifact symbolizes. Supplement your answer with a beautifully hand rendered image of the artifact you selected, citing source and page on your image.

Harwood II Page 21 image 1-33

During the turn of the industrial revolution, designers were beginning to come up with new ideas and incorporating more of the machine world. The artifact I chose was a heating unit found in Harwood II page 21 image 1-33. During the industrial revolution more heating appliances become more popular. Until then, fireplaces with wood being burned were the main source of heat. These heating units were used mainly in residential places at this time. In the 19th century these heating units became more popular due to the fact that they could heat more than one room at a time.

[2] Using the internet, LOCATE and ANALYZE an image for an ARTIFACT, a SPACE, a BUILDING, and a PLACE, drawing the idea of eastern influences as understood by nineteenth-century minds (China, Japan, India, Middle Eastern) on western design and architecture. Each answer must include an appropriately annotated and cited image in addition to a well-crafted essay to defend your choice of each image and the ways (more than one) that the material item responds to design influences from the east.

ARTIFACT: French Louis XV Commode Scriban

http://www.faccents.com/item439.html

This french commode shows the eastern influence by the gold decor and the designs on the piece. As you can see the asian decent is shown in thepeople that are placed as the design. Also the landscape shown and the elaborate detail and pattern in the gilded and painted decor. On the side of the piece in the first picture shows the relationship between humans and nature in the imagery.

SPACE: The Long Gallery at the Royal Pavillion, Brighton

In this room it is clear that an eastern influence was shown. The walls have painted motifs of plants going across the walls covers every inch of the space. This is a type of design style that would be found in an eastern (Chinese) room. It incorporates nature and the plants flow across the wall as if it is growing. This brings your eyes across the area. There are tables and mantels in which go across the long wall in order to place objects on. The way these artifacts seem to be placed are close and or attached to the wall as if it is all one piece. Throughout the space birds, dragons, mountain landscapes, along with other chinese influences are found. The detail in the wall and the decor are elaborate and fun as if in a royal/ fantasy space. This space is a good example of Chinoiserie found in Britain at the time.

http://www.asianartnewspaper.com/article/chinese-whispers:-chinoiserie-in-britain-1650–1930

BUILDING: The Royal Palace England

http://www.flickr.com/photos/zormasa/2488264367/

<- The Royal Palace vs. Taj- Mahal ->

As shown above in the space, The Royal Palace in England has an eastern influence. As the inside had more of a Chinese feel, the exterior looks as though its a more Indian influence. The Royal Palace takes on the some of the same distinctions as the Taj -Mahal. The finials, the domes, and the minarets show an indian based design.

PLACE: Fu Dog Allerton Park, Illinois

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/11039862

The Allerton Park is a park in Illinois that throughout shows an asian influence. The statues shown in the first picture are eastern characters seen throughout. A sense of symmetry is shown in the second and third picture in which the statues are set evenly apart in a straight line across from eachother. In the last picture it shows asain statues incorporating musical instruments within. All three of these areas in the Allerton Park show an eastern influence in a western park.