Date: 17th January, 2020
In today’s class, we collected various materials keeping those four terminologies on mind. By the end, we got a lot of materials as a whole.
Our teacher then explained us those 4 terminologies and the interaction of light using those materials by casting light on them.
Through this activity, I understood the terminologies in a better manner and it was a fun learning too.
Date: 10 January, 2020
In today’s class, our teacher spoke about light and its terms.
Light- Light is electromagnetic radiation which can be perceived by the human eye.
We then discussed about 4 types of terms which included: Diffuse reflection, Specular reflection, Diffuse transmission and Specular transmission.
Diffuse reflection: One ray of incidence and several rays of reflection.
Specular reflection: One ray of incidence and one ray of reflection.
Diffuse Transmission: One ray of incidence and several rays of transmission once the ray passes through a material.
Specular Transmission: One ray of incidence passes through a surface and provides one ray of transmission.
We learned all of these terminologies with the help of various material examples.
For the next class, we are supposed to get different materials to get a better understanding on the same topic.
Date: 21st May, 2019
In today’s class, our teacher marked us on our process work and checked our 15th week review project. She gave her suggestions on the areas which could be improved to make it better for the review. I designed a door for a fort as my final project. Door was the part that I had chosen to design.
Date: 17th May, 2019
In today’s class our teacher discussed about our project for the 15th week review. He gave us more details and guideline about what exactly we are supposed to do.
We are divided into groups and each member has to read a story from Arabian Nights and write a 500 words essay on any object in the story. We also have to link all of our objects and write a conclusion on it.
We also have to write a report on an object chosen from Renaissance period.
This is the final booklet and report:
Date: 17th March, 2018
e were supposed to pick an object from the Renaissance period and write a report on it. The topic which I chose was Renaissance Architecture and its Influence. Following is the report that I wrote:
Renaissance Architecture and its Influence.
The Renaissance period starts from the 14th century and comes to an end by the 17th century. It originated in Florence, Italy. It is a period which is considered to be a bridge between the Middle Ages and Modern history. The period is well known for European economic, political, artistic and cultural rebirth which promoted the rediscovery of philosophy, literature, and art. It is an era when art and architectural design returned to the Classical ideas of ancient Greece and Rome.
Before the Renaissance, Europe was dominated by asymmetrical and ornate Gothic architecture. Throughout the Renaissance, however, architects were highly inspired by the symmetrical and punctiliously proportioned buildings of Classical Greece and Rome.
Renaissance architecture is basically the European architecture in different regions which showcases a revival and development of some of the ancient Greek and Roman material culture.
The first architect of the Renaissance period is considered to be Filippo Brunelleschi.
One of the most important characteristics of Renaissance architecture was studying and mastering the particulars of the ancient Romans. But as the architecture developed, the style started becoming more ornamental and decorative with extensive use of domes, statuary, and cupolas.
On the contrary to the Classical period, where the proportion was the utmost factor of beauty, the Renaissance architecture had a balance between buildings and human proportions. The proportions resulted in easily comprehended space and mass. This concern about the proportion was the key factor which distinguished the Renaissance architecture from the complex Gothic style.
Features of Renaissance Buildings
Renaissance architecture still continues to influence today in a contemporary home. The common Palladian Window originated in Italy during the Renaissance period is one of the examples that shows the dominance of influence of Renaissance architecture. Some of the characteristic features of the era’s architecture, other than the Palladian Window, include the symmetric arrangement of windows and doors, square lintels, extensive use of columns of the classical orders and pilasters, triangular pediments, arches, domes and niches with sculpture.
Lasting Influences of Renaissance Architects
According to books by two Renaissance architects, a classical architectural approach spread throughout Europe.
One of the main lasting influences from Renaissance is the stairway safety inspired by the banisters designed by Vignola.
Andrea Palladio is one of the more influential persons in Renaissance than Vignola. ‘The Four Books of Architecture’ by Andrea Palladio describing his architecture from the 1500s is still counted among the finest examples of Renaissance design and architecture.
Even long after the Renaissance period came to an end, architects were inspired by many of Renaissance ideas. By the start of the twentieth century, American architects designed grand style homes that resembled palaces and villas from Renaissance Italy.
The Renaissance makes the knowledge of the ancient Greek and Roman architecture as had the Renaissance of Classical designs in the 15th and 16th centuries not happened, we would know very little about the ancient Greek and Roman architecture.
Date: 20th May, 2019
In today’s class, we finalized our individual and group brochure. Our teacher told us whatever changes that was supposed to be made in order to make it better.
Date: May, 2019
In today’s class, our teacher marked us on the mind maps and the process work and she gave us her feedback. We shared our ideas with her for our final project and were given fruitful suggestions by our teacher.
My group and I then went to the fashion lab to work on our 15th week final project. After a lot of time and things going haywire, our project came out well at last.
We are depicting all the seven movies through an attire on the mannequin. Its a sort of game in which audience have to relate the clothing with the clips of the movies and as they guess, we remove that piece of clothing or accessories from the mannequin.
We will have our review the coming week in which we have to present our final project to an external examiner.
Date: 16th May, 2019
In today’s class, we discussed our final work with our teacher and he gave us his review.
We now have to submit all the assignments the next week for the 15th week review. We need to submit the PowerPoint presentation, the video and student documentation.
We continued to complete our work in groups in the class today.
Date: 15th May, 2019
In today’s class, we discussed our idea with the teacher. She gave her suggestions too. After a whole lot of research, I thought of going with “doors” as the part of whole. Basically, how does the design of a door explain us the interior of a house/place. For example, if its modern/traditional or which period or era it was built in.
I took Rajasthan as my place and researched on different doors and gates. I learned that the design of a door matters a lot. For example, the door of a fort would be different from that of a house.
So finally, I sketched down 5 variations of a door and now we have to select one of them and present it as our final assignment. It could be a video, presentation, sketch, painting, model, prototype etc. I still have to work on how I would present my final object.
Date: 14th May, 2019
As we have our 15th week review day coming, our teacher explained us what all has to be done and submitted. We have to submit the final group brochure, individual layouts and documentations.
We finalised our brochure and divided our work to make it faster. By the end of the class, we could almost complete our final brochure.
Our brochure is on “water crisis” and making public aware about it through it. We mentioned awareness points and the data we collected from NGOs that we had visited.
We took out test print outs to check if our layout was proper. We still have to give a final touch up to the brochure and add few more details to it for the final review.
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