TAD2216

Ornament, meaning and design 2B

(A&D)

3 points + 2 hours lecture/seminar/tutorial and 4 independent study hours per week + Second semester + Caulfield, Gippsland, Peninsula + Prerequisites: TAD1101, TAD1102

Synopsis: Philosophical issues concerned with the ritual and ideological values of objects and the design ethos 'proper' to them. The difference in habit between tensile members and compressive members in architecture compared to the respective ornamental expressions. Ornament and the modes of construction in timber, textile, clay and glass. Textual recommendations of theorists from antiquity to the twentieth century are judged for their internal logic, cultural implications and acceptability in the context of contemporary theory.

Assessment: Two essays or class presentations:40% + 60%