Art Outside
American Transitions
from Rural to Urban Life
Webinar #3 | July 28th, 2011
Constructed Environments
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Neighborhoods
Parks
Buildings
Cities
Houses
Shopping Centers
and Malls
• Amusement Parks
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Schools
College Campuses
Factories
Offices
Streets and Highways
Restaurants
Museums
Historic Sites
Ohio’s constructed environments…
• Name an Ohio construction (building, monument,
neighborhood…).
• Are these constructions meant to be aesthetically
pleasing? Functional? Both?
• Think about your constructed environments: home, your
neighborhood, where you work, where you shop, where
you like to visit.
• Are these constructions meant to be aesthetically
pleasing? Functional? Both?
• Are there layers to these environments?
Picturing America
Constructed Environments
• Architecture
– 1. the profession of designing buildings, open areas,
communities, and other artificial constructions and
environments, usually with some regard to aesthetic
effect
– 2. the character or style of building: the architecture of
Paris; Gothic architecture, Modern architecture,
Classical architecture, Art Deco architecture
Picturing America Architecture
State Capitol Building, Columbus, Ohio, 1838-1862, Thomas Cole,
et. al.
Picturing America Architecture
The Chrysler Building, 1926-1930, William Van Alen
Picturing America Architecture
Falling Water, 1935-1939, Frank Lloyd Wright
Picturing America
Constructed Environments
• Monument
– something erected in memory of a person, event, etc.,
as a building, pillar, or statue: the Washington
Monument.
– Commemorative; historical; artistic; celebratory
Picturing America Monument
Benjamin Franklin, 1862, Hiram Powers
Picturing America Monument
Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regimental Memorial, 1884-1897,
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Beyond Architecture and
Monuments
• What are other ways artists comment on,
alter, or create constructed environments?
Ecology | Environment | Vandalism
• How do these artists reference history?
• How do these artists reference other
aspects of social studies?
Art or Ecology?
Andrea Zittel
A-Z Mobile Compartment Units
Indianapolis Island
A-Z Pocket Properties
Art or Ecology?
Andrea Zittel
A-Z Otttoman Furniture
Raugh Desk
A-Z Single Strand Uniform
A-Z Pit Bed
Art or Ecology?
• Mel Chin, Revival Field
• Alexis Rockman,The Farm
• Andy Goldsworthy, Large
fallen oak tree…
• Francis Whitehead, Cogeneration Systems at SYC
Art or Environment?
Maya Lin
The Wave Field, 1995
Eleven Minute Line, 2004
Storm King Wave Field, 2009
Art or Environment?
Maya Lin
Langston Hughes Library, 1999
The Civil Rights Memorial, 1989
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 1982
Art or Environment?
• Robert Smithson, Spiral
Jetty
• Nancy Holt, Sun Tunnels
• Christo and JeanneClaude, The Gates
• Richard Serra, Twain
Art or Vandalism?
Shepard Fairey
Art or Vandalism?
Shepard Fairey
Murals in Cincinnati
Obama 2008 Campaign Poster
Art or Vandalism?
• Keith Haring (Drawing on
black subway placard)
• Barry McGee, Untitled
(drawings)
• Banksy, Untitled
• Lady Pink, Untitled
Essential Information
• Standards and Artists’ Websites
• Extensions
– Altered Environments
– Designing a Monument
– School Architecture: Referencing History
– School Architecture: Sustainability
– Classroom Debate Vandalism or Art