rococo salons
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Salon de la PrincesseGermain Boffrand, with painting by Charles-Joseph Nattier and sculpture by Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, Hotel de Soubise, Paris, France, 1737-1750
J E A N - J A C Q U E S
R O U S S E A U
V S . V O LTA I R E
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Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin Back from the Market,1739
Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun Marie Antoinette and her Children, 1787
A N T O N I O C A N A L E T T O
The Grand Canal and the Church of the Salute,1730.
V E D U TA PA I N T I N G S
Salon a gathering of people in a private home either to amuse, refine taste, or increase knowledge of participants, all through discussion.
Salonnières hostesses of Salons
– A N D R I A N K R E Y E 2 0 1 4
“The ladies held meetings in their living rooms under the guise of sociability, while they were
actually fostering the convergence of the key ideas of the Enlightenment”
J E A N - J A C Q U E S
R O U S S E A U
V S . W O M E N
D I S A P P E A R A N C E O F S A L O N S I N T H E 1 7 8 0 S
C O N T E M P O R A R Y S A L O N S
L E S S O N T W O
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZA9TnOINyk
Salon a gathering of people in a private home either to amuse, refine taste, or increase knowledge of participants, all through discussion.
Students will conceptualize, plan, design, and create a space to facilitate interactions that will positively impact their school community.
SOCIAL INTERACTION THROUGH SPACES
‣ How does the design of a space influence interaction in that space? ‣ How do spaces & their design influence the community? ‣ Can spaces help create change?
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NugRZGDbPFU
‣ Define the Problem
‣ Get Ideas
‣ Visual Research
‣ Co-Design
‣ Model Making
‣ Construction
‣ Completion
‣ Analysis and Follow-up
H O W T O D E F I N E A P R O B L E M ?
What spaces do we have in the school community? What do they feel like? What interactions do they produce? What interactions are missing? What do we need in our community? What would make our community stronger? What types of interactions would allow this to happen? What kind of space would accomplish this?
“A problem well stated is a problem half-solved.”
– J O H N D E W E Y
– W I N S T O N C H U R C H I L L , 1 9 2 4
“There is no doubt whatever about the influence of design upon human character and action. We make our buildings and afterwards they make us.
They regulate the course of our lives.”