Within the reflection unit, we learned that the past styles come back in later years. Nikki, Corry, and Dajana all agreed with me, though they had some of their own interpretations that came along with it. Dajana stated that the one era that was looked back upon was the classical times, and this stirred up much debate on what exactly 'true design' was. I thought this was a good point because everyone has various ways of looking at style and I feel as if architecture is constantly trying to get sorted out. Nikki talks about the new world and the new architecture that came to be there like (Corry referenced this by talking about Monticello; the temple on the hill, as Nikki said).
The Americans needed some powerful style that encompassed firmness, boldness, and strength. so guess where they looked? The classical period! We are continually traveling back and making what was old new and revitalized. Corry provides the perspective that even though architecture is reflected, that could be bad and not good. I believe that goes well with Nikki's idea of the New World. That architecture said power, but I think that if they really wanted to show they were independent, they would have thought up and executed their own style of architecture.
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