Select two architectural critics from the list below. Find one article from each critic and write a brief, one paragraph, summary of each criticism. In an additional paragraph, compare/contrast and comment on the writing style and readability of the authors. Would you recommend them to a friend?
Please note the following:
Be sure to cite your source.
This assignment is to be “typed” (word-processed).
- Hand-written submittals are not acceptable.
- Remember the single page, 8 1/2″ x 11″ document format.
- Choose two of the following architectural critics:
- Peter Blake – THE NEW REPUBLIC
Blair Kamin – THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Robert Campbell – THE BOSTON GLOBE
- Hall Kaplan – THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
- Beth Dunlop – THE MIAMI HERALD
- Herbert Muschamp (d. 2007) – THE NEW YORK TIMES
- Joseph Giovannini – THE NEW YORK TIMES
- Nicolai Ouroussoff – THE NEW YORK TIMES
- Paul Goldberger – THE NEW YORKER (formerly)
- Robin Pogrebin – THE NEW YORK TIMES
- Christopher Hawthorne – THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
- Witold Rybczynski – THE NEW YORK TIMES
- Ada Louise Huxtable – THE NEW YORK TIMES
- Michael Sorkin – THE VILLAGE VOICE
- Jane Jacobs – THE NEW YORK TIMES
- Sarah Williams Goldhagen – THE NEW REPUBLIC
- This list is not all-inclusive. There are many more critics and publications. Should you wish to research a critic not on the list, please clear that critic with me beforehand.
- A number of people have complained of the need to “subscribe” or “pay” for copies of online articles. In some cases that may be so, although I have found that:
- Downloadable articles can often be acquired at no charge.
Some online subscriptions are free, especially to students.
Most of these newspapers and magazines are available for free through the USF Library system, or any public library.
Some of these newspapers and magazines are available for purchase at local newsstands, Barnes & Noble, Borders, etc.
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