COUNTERPOINT: CLOCK

For the Reflections unit we had to fashion a clock which the main purpose was to incorporate one form one scale and all of four aspects as we had previously addressed in all of the past counterpoint projects. My idea consisted of a word that meant revolution to the 19th century, then address people, material, symbol, and nature. For this project I incorporated the images of the Crystal Palace in London, The Galleria Vitorio Emanuele II at Milan, and The Galerie des Machines in France. The three buildings show scale as it relates to people, show material which was iron and glass the two new building materials that revolutionized the 19th century. The images of the three building also showed symbolism which was marked in each city because of the impact that it created by the exhibition of iron and glass. The clock part comes together as emphasizing a timeline that started with the Crystal palace as the great exhibition of 1851 took place in London. That's where Iron and glass was considered to be a revolution, which later transformed the style of architecture of different places in Europe such as Italia and Francia.