You have been attending lessons, but your blog is behind on content quite badly, especially as we are now at the start of week 4. Your project is signed off, please add the sheet to your blog. There are a number of posts missing from class (we did these in class) and self study - add them as soon as possible! This includes the welcome post from week 1! Catch up, keep up and keep work as this is a good idea, but you must make sure you stay committed to it throughout the term!
Olisa, your blog is worth 70% of your final mark and although you have been engaging in class (though often arriving late) you must show your project development on your blog, complete class tasks and homework/self-study or you will risk failing this module.
What is a Folly? A folly is a term that describes a structure created mainly for admiration and the aesthetic value it adds to its landscape. Follies can have little to no function but can be a focal point for its environment, and can sometimes have a romantic essence about them. These structures were sometimes imposing and eccentric in their design as were used as an escape with their surroundings to visitors who went there. Traditionally made by the super wealthy for their regal estates in the 18th century, Follies come in an array of shapes and sizes, some highly intricate and adventurous whilst some more awkward and eccentric. These could represent tombs for the dead, garden embellishments for beauty and for viewing from its interior, a place for shelter and tea drinking or book reading or just a simple ornament or structure with no entrances or windows. Other structures that can be considered follies are elaborately decorated st...
Indo Saracenic architecture describes the practice by the British from between the 16th - 19 century of creating a sort of revival of architecture from Gothic to Barouque and then neoclassical architecture. this was done with a mix of the architecture seen in the colonies of Britain in Asia, these include countries like India and Malaysia. The birth of this type of architecture brought with it a new light of expression, as the mix of eastern styles and the characteristics in their architecture, was something unusual but aesthetically pleasing to the western world. In my folly I would try to make this mix in terms of, influence from peering at domes in Islamic achitecture, the uses of symmetry - geometric columns and fractal geometry from Indian architecture with a in terms of the buildings proportions and the use of the building .All in my attempt to create something new. Madras High Court, Chennai, India. Completed in 1892 Sultan Abdul Samad Building, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
These Images below show the actions and steps taken in using the medium - graphite, on paper in my drawings. These image were taken with my iPhone X, edited to black and white because taking a picture natural caused a yellowing effect which was not the actual color of the medium. It was also cropped to just show the eyes and the tulip. All edits were done on the iPhone's inbuilt camera edit and the app PicsArt.
You have been attending lessons, but your blog is behind on content quite badly, especially as we are now at the start of week 4. Your project is signed off, please add the sheet to your blog. There are a number of posts missing from class (we did these in class) and self study - add them as soon as possible! This includes the welcome post from week 1! Catch up, keep up and keep work as this is a good idea, but you must make sure you stay committed to it throughout the term!
ReplyDeleteOlisa, your blog is worth 70% of your final mark and although you have been engaging in class (though often arriving late) you must show your project development on your blog, complete class tasks and homework/self-study or you will risk failing this module.
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