Architecture

Two videos I chose were “Prairie Style (Frank Lloyd Wright)” and the “Classical Architecture”. In the first video I learned that Frank Lloyd Wright wanted to have an open floor plan, and not the traditional boxed housing. The designs of his houses were horizontal and the roofs were shorter than the victorian houses that were common in the era. In the second video, I found it interesting that England had a great amount of architecture influences. England was influenced by the Greeks and Romans. A numerous amount of buildings in England had columns which take after the Greeks. The Romans influenced England through their arches and domes which you can also see throughout England. An example of this would be their churches. To simply answer this question, the videos relate to the text because they both talk about architecture. They both also include how the Greeks and Romans influenced architecture throughout today’s society. In the video and text, it was stated that columns and arches are used to represent important buildings. Architecture from the Greeks and Romans to architecture today continues to greatly change and represent different ideas, interests, and design.I personally enjoyed the videos more than the text. The videos I feel went into greater detail on how just one individual or culture (such as the Greeks or Romans) can make a huge impact on today’s modern architecture. The video educated me on the history of buildings here in the United States. It was interesting to me to see how a culture from so long ago, can still have an impact on how we build our buildings today. The reason I chose these videos is because I felt the Classical video related to the text more so than any of the other videos. It was the one that brought the reading and videos together with the Greeks and Romans architecture and how it influenced today’s society. The first video I chose because I found it to be the most interesting. Out of all the other videos it was the only one that I felt caught my attention the most.