Parts:Whole

Archetype:Prototype:Hybrid: An Archetype is the beginning idea or concept that the Prototype is built around. After thus, a Hybrid is then influenced and created based on the Archetype and Prototype creating an offspring.

“The interrelatedness of the influencing factors
illustrates the dependence of Roman arts on the cultures of the other races. At
the same time advances in technology (materials and construction techniques)
allowed the Romans to attain innovations in spatial features which exceeded
those cultures represented in their conquest,” (Blakemore 47).

I feel that this quote from Blakemore embodies the meaning behind Archetype:Prototype:Hybrid because the influencing factors would serve as an Archetype and the advances in technology exemplify the Protoype for Rome, thus making Rome a Hyrbrid city for subsequent civilizations to follow.

Archetype

Prototype

Hybrid: Which embodies the broken look in the necklace and the edgy design from shirt in the Archetype while keeping the overall look one that has been derieved from the Protoype.

A source is anything or place that something is derived from. Textiles, much like objects such as the obelisk built into the Colonnade by Bernini in 1656 shaped current US monuments like the Washington moment. “In addition, textiles provided a source of inspiration for panel design. These were presented to conjunction with painted architectural structures and were sometimes centered with figures,” (Blakemore 59). Another example of source is Pompeii, because its design was influenced internationally due to its building materials being derived from other locations.

An entourage is a grouping of things that have or emphasize a definite significance. In architecture, this could be something as simple as a group of plants or structures illustrated in a rendering of a building or the positioning of seating in a room in which something of importance is emphasized. “Stools from another group of seating furniture, of which the sella curulis was of the greatest significance,” (Blakemore 62). This is an example of the entourage because, a sella curulis is a place for a leader to seat and the stools are present to accommodate his entourage of people and/or servants the accompany him.

Hierarchy is an arrangement of things in which the order that they rank. “Furniture design reveals the same influences reflected in other arts of the dynastic periods: religion, inspiration from familiar objects, technology (materials and construction techniques), and social hierarchy,” (Blakemore 13). Furniture and the ornamentation that it may entail is evident of social hierarchy in past civilizations as well as today. In past civilizations, such as the Egyptians, the ornamentations presented on furniture were that of the Gods or religions scenes of sacrifice. Scenes such as these were used to remind the people of an ideal state of hierarchy, the Gods. [1]

Order is the arrangement of elements in which occur in a particular sequence. “As revealed in a painting in the cubiculum of the Villa Boscoreale, near Pompeii, classical orders may have ornamented the frames of the doors, although they were frequently unadorned,” (Blakemore 60). The idea is similar to the display of orders on the colosseum placed there for looks. Order was also displayed throughout ancient civilizations showing changes in technology as well as orders linking a building to significance in society.

Synopsis: I feel that the title “Parts:Whole,” is an appropriate title for this OPUS entry because the body of research that this week required made me realize how decades later everyday designs still personify that of the past. For instance, UNCG’s campus has numerous “obelisk like,” shapes that stand alone making it a dominant structure, which structures such as these have been around for decades.

[1] http://www.history.com/encyclopedia.do?articleId=209952