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Session 13-14 - Coggle Diagram
Session 13-14
Enlightenment
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A scientific, philosophical and intellectual movement called the AGE OF REASON that believes in knowledge and reason as the means for human progress
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Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des arts et des metiers was a publishing, philosophical and scientific enterprise that appeared in 17 volumes between 1751-1766
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Was all about bringing all the knowledge acquired by humanity together, its spirit, a critique of religious and political fanaticism, and an apology for reason and freedom of thought
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Was a vast compendium of knowledge, notably on the technologies of the period, describing the traditional craft tools and processes
Diderot felt that people should have access to ‘useful knowledge’ that they can apply to their everyday life (canon=if something is useful or not)
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Establishment of Good Taste, based on the stylistic canon of Classicism
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The institutionalisation of art and sciences through Royal Academies ‘canons’ established their aesthetics, structured, knowledge networks and the artist’s role in this time
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Neoclassicism
Neoclassicism aimed to regain for art and design the purity of form and expression which was felt lacking in the Rococo style of the first half of the 18th century.
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Neoclassicism aimed to regain for art and design the purity of form and expression which was felt lacking in the Rococo style of the first half of the 18th century
New themes with moral and civic values, as a rejection to the frivolity, amorality, and superficiality of the French and Spanish Monarchs preferred style
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Sennet explores the effect of craftsmanship as ‘an enduring, basic human impulse, the desire to do a job well for its own sake”. Can we achieve this in the design process in the digital world?
The modern world has two recipes for arousing the desire to work hard and well. One is the moral imperative to do work for the sake of the community. The other recipe invokes competition
Sennett’s Craftsman:
The walls of rammed earth made by hand in Africa and Asia and those fabricated today in Europe show that craftsmanship - transcending materials, styles, and cultures - is here to stay
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What is Romanticism? Which ideals or ways of seeing the world were promoted by Romantic artists and thinkers?
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