Monday, 30 November 2009

Session 4th December

Our final reading for this course will be the segments 'Tin Lizzie' p769, 'The Bitter Drink' p806 and 'Architect' p1076 from the above. We will also discuss it's general approach and position with regard to the developing metropolis in the latter part of the C19th. Do not be afraid of the size of this book, just dip in. 
We shall also, if there is time, take a melancholic look at the career of Louis Sullivan.  

Sunday, 22 November 2009

Session 27th November

Rory will be loading this film up for you this coming Friday as I am unavailable. We agreed you'd try and start the session at 12.30pm straight after Peter's Theory One. I hope you enjoy it and blog about it, and we shall discuss it the following Friday. 

Saturday, 14 November 2009

Session Friday 20th November

The first chapter and following discussions of the legend of Faust are essential to you. I realize this once more after so many years. I encourage you to buy the book. All of the things we talk about will make sense to you eventually, sometimes too late. It will be a tricky task to say the least to abbreviate it next week- the language is very subtle. But hell! That's art right! Being smart with words!
The following weeks session will engage with the film 'The Fountainhead'. If Julie can get almost anything off the internet I expect you to do it standing on your heads. It's another classic and will serve you well further on down the line. 

Saturday, 7 November 2009

Session 13th November

This is the text for the next session. I'd like you to read the whole book if possible, it's not very long, and you should have no difficulty in finding it in your local library. We shall be looking at the character of Le Corbusier in this session, using Waugh's Prof Silenus as a starting point.