Brain Pain discussion

This discussion covers Convolute F, Iron Construction, p. 150 – 170


Dialectical deduction of iron construction: it is contrasted both with Greek construction in stone (raftered ceiling) and with medieval construction in stone (vaulted ceiling). “Another art, in which another static principle establishes a tone even more magnificent than that of the earlier two, will struggle from the womb of time to be born … A new and unprecedented ceiling system, one that will naturally bring in its wake a whole new realm of art forms, can … make its appearance only after some particular material – formerly neglected, if not unknown, as a basic principle in that application – begins to be accepted. Such a material is … iron, which our century has already started to employ in this sense. - [F1,1] p. 150


An interesting thought, particularly, “can … make its appearance only after some particular material – formerly neglected, if not unknown, as a basic principle in that application – begins to be accepted.”, considering that iron was a known material since, of course, the Iron Age of some 3000 plus years ago.

Some Iron Age facts from Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Age