Art In So Many Thoughts

Below is a summary of what I have learned from studying the thoughts and points of view from the early decorative arts.

Hermann Muthesius

Artistic, Cultural, and Economic

 Applied art was work that was based on pieces from the past. Artists were taking ideas and recreating them to their modern style. Culture also plays a role in how designers create their pieces. Over the years art has changed throughout times of history. Art is different thoughtout the world based on where it is from. Culture has also affected the economic status of art. In our world today we want things faster and more common like everyone else's. This has led to mass production which can create more pieces, but also lower the value of art.

Walter Gropius

Bringing Back Design

I feel that Walter is trying to say that architects, designers, and artists are too worried on just completing a project rather than taking the time to actually come up with new designs and to expand our imagination. Today, we are not paying attention to the details that once created the best architecture. We are too worried about just doing a project  instead of taking the time to really learn to be creative and become the best designers that we can be.

 

The Pantheon

Le Corbusier

"To search for the human scale, for human function, is to define human needs."-Le Corbusier (pg. 84)

I feel that the phrase above means that everything is made to please mankind. We must understand humans first to understand the purpose behind the decorative arts. In the article Corbusier compared objects to human limbs. He talked about how cupped hands influenced the design and purpose of bottles. I agree with Corbusier. I feel that objects are made to please us humans. We are selfish creatures that everything created is based upon our own wants and desires.

 

Frank, Isabelle (editor) (2000). The theory of decorative art: An anthology of European and American writings 1750 – 1940. New York: Yale University Press.