Brick
Sources & Creatorship – Fourth Lesson
Primitive Architecture turned out to not be so interesting to me, so for this lesson I read the second book I choose, Baksteen (Brick).
brick
RESEARCH
The second book I gathered information from was Baksteen (Brick), James W.P. Campell 2003. A book that shows all the different ways bricks can be used, even as artworks.
I choose this book because bricks are a much used medium in my walk.
Details van het Institut d’Art et d’Archéologie in Parijs (1925-1930). Page 12 
De minaret van de Kalan-moskee, Buchara, ca. 1120 na Chr. Page 16 
Indrukwekkend paneel van geglazuurde bakstenen uit het paleis van Darius I (521-486 v.Chr.) in Susa, nu in het Louvre in Parijs. Page 23 
Bakstenen in de muur van de tempel van Insusinak in Susa. Deze behoren tot de vroegste voorbeelden van in reliëf gemodelleerde bakstenen en dateren uit de twaalfde eeuw v.Chr. Nu in het bezit van het Louvre in Parijs. Page 30 
Muur van de troonzaal in het paleis (604-562 v.Chr.), Babylon. Page 34 
Een vroeg voorbeeld van gemodelleerde bakstenen uit de tempel van Karaindash in Uruk (veertiende eeuw v.Chr.). page 35 
Ishtarpoort (604-562 v.Chr.), Babylon. Page 35 
Reliëf van geglazuurde baksteen uit het paleis van Darius in Susa; de 1,46 m hoge boogschutters behoorden waarschijnlijk tot de lijfwachten van de koning. Page 36 
Reliëfs van geglazuurde bakstenen uit het paleis van Darius in Susa, nu in het bezit van het Louvre in Parijs. Page 37 
De tombe van de Samaniden in Buchara, Oezbekistan (ca. 900). Page 74 
De graftombe van de Samaniden, Buchara, ca. 900 na Chr. Page 15 
Details van de patronen die in de gevel zijn toegepast. Page 76-77 
Een aantal kleinere stoepa’s. page 84-85 
Uitzicht over de tempels van Pagan. Er zijn ongeveer 2000 tempels bewaard gebleven. Page 82 
Close-up van de tempel van Htilomonio, een van de grootste tempels in Pagan, in 1211 voor koning Nantoungyma gebouwd. Page 87 
Htimolinio tempel (1218), Pagan, Birma. Page 17 
De ingang van het Corpus Dominiklooster, Bologna (1477-1480). Page 123 
Schoorstenen van Hampton Court Palace. Page 143 (gedraaide schoorstenen).
REFLECTION
‘What do you see?’:
There are a lot of different things you can do with bricks. I doesn’t have to be as boring and monotonous as it is here. You can make entire pieces of art with bricks. Which is why I found this book so interesting.
There are a lot of patterns in the buildings, making them really appealing and aesthetically pleasing for the eye.
patterns
REACTIVE WORK – EXPERIMENT
After looking at my collection, I made some works, inspired by and as a reaction on the work I have gathered so far.
Inspired by both the patterns that keep showing up in almost every picture and the Tempels in Pagan, I drew this Lotus Mandala.
Inspired by the repeating patterns I made this pattern out of 4 colours of paper glued on eachother.
REFLECTION
The lotus does look like it is inspired by the Tempels in Pagan, because of the repeating of patterns and the flowing leave-like forms. The pattern is also successful.
My reflection
ME + CLASSMATES
Together with a group we looked at my work to see what stood out the most and to reflect what we saw in my collection. One thing that caught our attention was the repeating patterns. Another was the reliefs of animals and poeple in the brick walls. Overall was there alot of architecture and (obviously) a repeating material; bricks.
feedback
TEACHER
The feedback I got from my teacher was to find more information. I mostly have images now, but to add text. She also told me to choose 1 picture as a focus point, and go further from there.
conclusion
For the next lesson I am going to pick one picture from this book and use that as my focus point to go further into my research. I also will be writing down more information from this moment on!