SUMMARIES Ornamentaion and Crime Loos describes how, in the modern age, the process of ornamentation stagnates the “evolution” of culture and society, and describes ornamentation as a crime. The foundation of his argument hinges on the idea that the world...
Summary of “Ornament and Crime” In this horrendously racist and sexist article, Adolf Loos argues that to be modern is to do away with ornamentation entirely. To support this argument, he claims that the true “modern man” (read: white intellectual) is...
Summaries Ornament and Crime I will admit that this is one of the hardest readings I have ever done, not because of its difficulty of understanding, although I wish it were, but because of its hateful and demeaning rhetoric. I cannot in good conscience look past some...
Ornament and Crime written by Adolf Loos Ornamentation in the eyes of Adolf Loos is completely unacceptable. He believes that with the removal of ornamentation with be unison with the evolution of culture. Loos sees the addition of ornamentation as something that not...
Summary: Ornament and Crime, Adolf Loos Adolf Loos attempts to define the hallmark of a culture’s evolution: the direct correlation that a more evolved culture has no ornamentation on its everyday objects. Loos believes a true modern, civilized person is “beyond...
