這門課程在探討過去和現在人們選擇、評估和使用天然材料,改變材料使用的文化。舉例來說︰古埃及和羅馬的玻璃; 中美洲(Mesoamerica) 強烈的金屬音響和色彩;印加(Inca)帝國的布和纖維技術。它也探索在材料發展過程中對思想和審美標準的影響力。 實驗室/工作坊提供課堂中所討論的實做經驗。 這門課針對課程3.091加以補充。
This course examines the ways in which people in ancient and contemporary societies have selected, evaluated, and used materials of nature, transforming them to objects of material culture. Some examples are: glass in ancient Egypt and Rome; sounds and colors of powerful metals in Mesoamerica; cloth and fiber technologies in the Inca empire. It also explores ideological and aesthetic criteria often influential in materials development. Laboratory/workshop sessions provide hands-on experience with materials discussed in class. This course complements
3.091.