Soup & Salad Lectures

UNDERSTANDING

ARCHITECTURE

THREE SOUP AND SALAD ILLUSTRATED LECTURES

MARY ANN SULLIVAN

PROFESSOR EMERITA, BLUFFTON UNIVERSITY

COMING UP OCTOBER 27

October 27:

Post post-modern architecture

This lecture will focus on some of the most recent architectural developments, including the sculptural architecture of Frank Gehry and Rem Koolhaas and the deconstructivist architecture of Zaha Hadid and Peter Eisenmann.

TUESDAY OCTOBER 13, 20, AND 27 -- SUPPER 6:00 PM, LECTURE 7:00 PM

Individual lectures are $15.00 each; the price for all three is $40.00.

CEU credit available. Please call ArtSpace for reservations: 419-222-1721

Of all the arts, architecture is the most public. By definition, it is the artistic medium we all have to live with. It is around us and surrounds us. In general, it is the most expensive of the arts. It’s hard to imagine any sculpture or painting costing the millions that corporate headquarters or symphony halls cost. And more than any of the other arts, architecture often embodies the values and purposes of its sponsors. The skyscraper signaled the modernity of its corporate sponsor just as a Gothic cathedral pointed to both the importance of the church and the wealth and pride of the medieval city that built it.

This series of slide lectures will deal first with Lima’s architecture and then with contemporary architecture in the western world. Discussion will also be encouraged.

Mary Ann Sullivan