Ashley Professor Martin HIS 101 10 April 2010 Essay #1 What aspects of the non-English styles (Spanish, Dutch, French) show a different mindset from that of the English settlers? (That is, what values or priorities are different?) As we have read in the book, Agriculture has become very big in our society today. The way a house is built gives a home its beauty, and it’s feeling. The non-English style houses (Spanish, Dutch and French) show a different mindset and have different features compared to the English settlers. The English were part of what we now call the "eastern Woodland" culture. They were semi-nomadic, and built simple, temporary houses built from products of the forest, know as "wigwam," from an …show more content…
The Dutch colonial manor house is large with a gambrel roof, two chimneys on both ends of the roof, is all stone, and has three big windows of the front of the house. Dutch style houses are very pretty and are easily spotted because of their gambrel roofs. The French style houses are pretty but there are not many around here anymore, the only genuine French buildings left are in New Orleans. These houses are distinct because they are farm cottages with no yard or porch and are usually built by the street. I like the French houses. I think they are cute and would be nice to live in. Now days you do not see houses without a yard or porch but the French did not think it was always necessary to have these things. The non English Styles all have a distinct aspect that makes them unique. They are all neat in their own way. Even though every style is different from one another they all are beautiful and have a distinct feature about them. Although the non-English styles are different from the English settler styles the English settlers style is still distinct in its own way. Unlike the non-English styles, the English styles of agriculture were alike and had a lot of the same features. In the Southwest, the Anasazi and their descendants (Pueblos, Zunis, and Hopis) constructed towns in desert conditions, usually in narrow canyons. These adobe buildings are often
Some of the creek indian art was made of wood (wood carvings). Clay was another natural resource that they used (pottery). When english (Britains) started taking land they migrated and had to use beads. They also weaved baskets and put art on these baskets.
He elaborates the regionalisms, choosing the comfortable, traditional, and functional instead of conforming to the lavish Victorian embellishment. Philip Webb’s homes articulated
During the 16th and 17th centuries, when the Europeans started to come over to the new world, they discovered a society of Indians that was strikingly different to their own. To understand how different, one must first compare and contrast some of the very important differences between them, such as how the Europeans considered the Indians to be extremely primitive and basic, while, considering themselves civilized. The Europeans considered that they were model societies, and they thought that the Indians society and culture should be changed to be very similar to their own.
The Natives built and lived in many small teepees, small dwellings, along with massive adobe homes in the woods using the materials they had found among the land
In the early history of the United States, even before Europeans set foot in North America, there were Native Americans all across the continent. Native Americans lived in tribes and were nomadic. Although they were nomadic, they would also inhabit “permanent villages” where they would live year-round. On the occasion that those “permanent villages” were abandoned, left behind would be artifacts from their culture that explained a great amount about their lifestyle and traditions. These popular artifacts were most commonly found in southwest and northeast regions such as the Great Plains, the Great Basin, and the Mississippi River Valley.
Admire and embrace the similarities and differences between the Greek Revival, Italianate, Gothic, Georgian, Swiss Chalet and Queen Anne. Notice which stately residence lean towards the simple moldings and columns to the tall massive arched columns and elongated windows; see pitched roofs and square towers.
Architecture has always been an integral part of society and its culture. It not only defines the space of the community that it participates in but it also shapes the community’s place in history. During the 19th century, Gothic Revival became a rapidly growing architectural movement. The Gothic Revival styles sought to revive medieval Gothic architecture, in contrast to the neoclassical styles prevalent at the time. A new group of architects began popularizing picturesque styles and started taking inspiration from nature. A style was built more honestly using natures own colors and materials, blending the architecture harmoniously into its surrounding. The Lyndhurst Mansion designed in 1838 by Alexander Jackson Davis (1803-1892) and The Rose Hill Plantation House built in 1860 by Edward Brickell White (1806-1882) are two examples that embody the picturesque Gothic Revival.
From period dwelling, heritage homes to contemporary dwellings like Victorian, Federation, Edwardian, and Art Deco Houses, Tom has renovated all kinds of heritage homes. Driven by innovation, he strives to transform the dream home from a mere concept to the stunning
In my last post I discussed my visit to New Bern to select and photograph homes. The next part of my research process was to select houses that I would analyze in Williamsburg. Initially I thought I would be able to compare homes of very similar ages but this turned out not to be the case. Although I had selected the oldest homes in New Bern, most were still built significantly later than those of Williamsburg. The homes in New Bern were built in the latter part of the 18th century, while many homes in Williamsburg were built in the early or mid 18th century. Additionally, the New Bern homes were all grand in size, most having two or more stories. In contrast, the majority of homes I researched in Colonial Williamsburg were more modest in size.
Colonial design interior decoration showed extremely popular in the very first half of the 20th century, with 2 significant sub-styles coming to the fore. Both Early American and 18th century styles were frequently discovered in houses that showed colonial design interior decoration.
and aesthetic modifications such as decorative wood trims. While these expansions paled in comparisons to the stately manor homes of European’s nobility, they still represented a dramatic improvement, and opened the way for larger estates that would increase throughout the 18th century.Butler argues that the “Whether in the choices available or unavailable, the sources of materials, imported or domestic, orthe simple care, quality, and sophistication of work, residents of the mainland
The Elizabethan and Jacobean periods characterized the architecture of English developments in large country houses. Antique styles of earlier times changed by the architecture of Elizabethan bringing the beauty of Renaissance expose. Even nowadays, there are everywhere examples of the Elizabethan architecture, places like country houses, as a proof of the good work of builders and architects. The houses were built to resist difficulties through the years.
During the XVIth century, English architecture went through a transition period which can be divided into two: The Tudor style which was “largely medieval in detail but owes its raison d’etre to the Renaissance movement”, and the Elizabethan and Jacobean style “which is classic in detail” (Penoyre, J. and M. Ryan 92). Montacute House, in Somerset, belongs to the latter, the Elizabethan Style. The building takes the form of a capital “E” which emphasizes the traits of equilibrium, symmetry, balance and proportion. It favours straight lines and rectangular shapes, which can be seen especially in the windows. Unlike the medieval style, these windows have no arches. However, as in the Perpendicular Style, Montacute House presents bay windows which stick out at the ground and first floor. As regards the chimneys, Montacute House has chimneys which are similar to those characteristic of the Tudor Style, as they are grouped in pairs. But unlike the corkscrew shaped chimneys of the Tudor Style, the chimneys of Montacute House are rectangular in shape as they resemble classical columns. Like the Perpendicular Style, Montacute House is decorated with mock
Victorian: Older Victorian houses are more romantic, usually quite roomy, albeit with oddly-shaped rooms and exteriors.
Architecture has been around since the earliest of times, although it wasn 't until the time of the Roman Empire when architecture was truly evolved. Since then architecture had then been remarkably evolved worldwide as each different countries’ architecture acts like a mirror for a perception of the way of they 're living and also the developments of the place that have led to the creation of the country as it looks in modern day. For this essay I will be analysing two type of houses that is in a two different time period which are a vernacular and a contemporary house and also both is in a different type of geographical region. The first house is the Farnsworth House which was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1945 and was constructed in 1951 for Dr Edith Farnsworth, who wanted it to be a weekend retreat where she could engage in her hobbies such as playing the violin and to simply relax and enjoy the nature. It is located in Illinois, USA, facing the Fox River and is set within ten acre of land outside Plano. Farnsworth House is widely recognised as an iconic modern masterpiece of International style of architecture in its time, regardless with its complication between Dr Edith Farnsworth and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe relationship. For the second house, I have chosen a vernacular architecture which is called Toraja Tongkonan, located in the northern part of the South Sulawesi Province, in one of the island of Indonesia. This megalithic Tongkonan architecture is the