ESPN12, 9/17

I never quite realized that in this post modern era that along with media, art, and our thoughts being affected, architecture is involved to. I really enjoyed studying the buildings in class. It was quite interesting to see how they are different and how buildings have evolved over the years. It has opened my eyes to the way I view architecture. I was introduced to so many new terms I had never heard before and there were so many things I had never seen or paid attention to before. I have been to Paris before but prior to class I simply looked at such things as the Luv in a primitive way. I had always appreciated the beauty instilled in the buildings but now I see there is so much more. I am now able to see the difference in them and how the other buildings around are affected. For instance, when I now look back at my pictures I am able to classify buildings such as the Luv in Radical eclecticism. I have also been to China and if I would have not known the name of the birds nest prior to visiting; I would have surly been able to guess what it was. I certainly then took part in the notion of anamnesis as I connected it in my subconscious. Another building that I saw while in china was the world finical building in Shanghai. It was no on the slide show in class. However, If I understood the definition right, I now realize that it is in the category of Anthropomorphism because it looks exactly like a beer bottle opener and it is commonly referred to as so. I also used anamnesis when I first looked this building to as I immediately associated it with a beer opener. It is remarkable how far architecture has come since the days of simple classicism, for me it is exciting as more buildings arise because I am now able to look at them more critically in this postmodern world.