Heidi Harendza wrote:

> Therefore, typical American suburban tract homes do fit the definition of
> vernacular architecture.

So Levittown and it clones as well as the 1960 "colonial" developments
are vernacular?  Sounds like something produced by the great Art History
academic machine. When I get warmed up and am possessed by the spirit of
the slide projector, I too can talk in Art History tongues. The secrets
of the technique was passed on to me by professors whose livelyhoods
depended on its mastery. Once this sacred and lofty skill was conveyed,
I no longer had to study because the babble got me almost straight A's.

> October 2, 1999, from 9:30 a.m. to approx. 12:30 p.m.  Dr. Bernie Herman will
> guide us on "A Poetical Walking Tour

Wish I could join the walking tour, there would be lots to learn and
could have a good conversation on VERNACULAR, however I will be watching
limestone burn on Oct. 1-2.  It was either that or wathcing paint dry in
preparation for an IPTW presentation.

"so you see the texture and play of colors takes us back to the
observation that was previously made and demonstrates the broad and
profound influence that (print your favorite nationality or ethnic group
here) society and its heritage has had on (print name of object here),
the forms are truely the children of the ancient (print another
nationality or ethnic group here)(print name of another object here)
which spoke so boldly of the future which had yet to be formed or
understood. It is this convergance that . . . ."

It is always fun to get a post card from a museum and fill the back with
babble and then have your friends ask how you know so much about art.

Long Live DaDa