[lbo-talk] Crap architecture

Michael Smith mjs at smithbowen.net
Sun Sep 18 19:18:43 PDT 2011


On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 17:19:05 +0000 (UTC) 123hop at comcast.net wrote:


> Now I get it that the whole mannerist aspect of po-mo is to argue
> against substance, and I am pointing to that as the sign of a culture
> in decline.

I'm not sure wherein 'substance' in architecture consists, apart from standing up and keeping the rain off. There's architecture that looks playful (the Palazzo del Te, e.g.) and architecture that looks very serious (Il Redentore). Who knows whether Frank Gehry will be as well-regarded in a few hundred years as Giulio Romano; but he's certainly no less Mannerist. Personally I think he's a lot of fun. As opposed to Michael Graves, a grandiose satrap-style bore.

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