Inkhornism

[likethebeer]

Grandiloquent Word of the Day: Inkhornism (INK•horn•iz•im) Noun: -Overworking something such as a piece of writing. -Pedantry -A show of knowledge. -Unimaginative or unduly emphasis of minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge. -Undue display of learning. -Slavish attention to rules, details, etc. A literary composition of the sixteenth

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[sirreal13]

That is a great word. There must be an architectural equivalent.

Inkhornism

[likethebeer]

Sounds like what happens when people copy stuff from Owen Jones The Grammar of Ornament just 'cause.... Or, because they're hoping to get a job with Louis Sullivan. You know.

[sirreal13]

There has to be a happy medium between Inkhornist architecture and minimalism. There are way too many examples of the latter on the UW-Madison campus, such as the concrete box from the early 1970s that is ironically named Humanities.

[low_delta]

I find the word "inkhornism" kind of annoying. I do appreciate the irony in its usage, though.

"Undue display of learning," is a great phrase.

[sirreal13]

Who has time?
Victorians and some Edwardians. I think Inkhornism correlates to certain bandwidth on the autism spectrum, but I have not one datum to prove it.

[seattleforge]

I think inkhorism (sp?) stops the people from integrity from putting an idea in writing in the first place. Discussion is what makes the idea stronger or puts it to pasture. Such a shameful practice.