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When were cars created?
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1908
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When did Einstein create his theory of relativity?
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1905
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When was the first flight created by the Wright Brothers?
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1903
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Millicent Fawcett speaking to a group in Hyde Park ...
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1913
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Danger in mass production, notorious garment factory in NYC
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1911
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Titanic Sinking, 1500 ppl died
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1912, 15th of APRIL
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How many casualties in Tannenberg August 1914?
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58 000
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How many casualties in Gallipoli Apr-DEC 1915?
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500 000
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How many casualties in Verdun FEB- DEC 1916?
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510 000
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How many casualties in Somme July - NOV 1916?
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1 000 000
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How many casualties in Passchendale JULY-NOV 1917?
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558 000
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How many casualties in German Spring Offensive MAR-APR 1918 ?
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504 000
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When did Futurism in Italy take place?
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1909 - 1930
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When did Constructivism in Russia take place?
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1917 - 1920
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When did DE STIJL in holland take place?
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1917 - 1931
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What is the premise of Avant Garde?
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Applied to movements that explored new ways of seeing and expressing form and introduced new subject matter.
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Who were the five futurists that wore bowler hats as a part of their aesthetic?
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Luigi Russola, Carlo Carra, P.T Marinetti, Umberto Boccioni, Gino Serverini
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Where were the first electric street lights?
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Geelong, Australia 1902
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When did fire lit street lights arrive in Seoul?
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Gyeongbok Palace 1887
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Where and when did street lights appear in Rome?
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Giacomo Balla 1909
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Who made the first film in Paris and When?
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Auguste and Louis Lumiere, Dec 28th 1895
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How many people viewed the first film?
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30 - 40 people
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How long was the first film?
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30 -40 seconds
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What were the people's reaction to the film?
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They were scared and left.
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When did Kodak's Brownie camera hit the market?
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1900
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Who founded Kodak?
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George Eastman
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How much did the brownie cam cost?
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$1
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What was the brownie cam?
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Cardboard box with lens and shutter attached.
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What was the first hard synthetic plastic called (1907)?
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Bakelite
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What is the Higgs Boson?
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It gives particles it forms, also know as the god particle. It is assumed it exists
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What percentage of mass have we discovered?
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5 - 10%
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What did the Futurists propose?
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Motion, speed, simultaneity and process shaped the modern experience.
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When was the Manifesto of Clothing published?
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Milan / 11 Sept. 1914
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What were futurist subjects?
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Speed, tech, youth and violence and objectified objects such as car and aeroplane and the industrial city.
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Futurism affected...
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art, architecture, design
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The winged victory of samothrace is a...
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marble sculpture depicting the goddess of nike, most celebrated sculptures in the world
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Why did silk weaver Gaetano Bresci assassinate King Umberto on July 29 1900?
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Because of the massacre of 400 workers in Milan may 1898
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What was Giacoma Balla's medium?
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Photography
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What was Etienne Jules Marey's speciality?
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Taking series of photographs to capture a movement and exposing it on a single plate at regular intervals (condensed motion)
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Characteristics of Futurist fashion?
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Symmetrical cut, aggressive, agile, simple strong willed, changeable
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Who named his daughters Propeller and Light?
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Marinetti (they preferred being called Luce and Elicia)
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Antonia Sant'elia created what?
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Manifesto for Architecture published in 1914
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What did Carlo Carra create that was inspired by the war?
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The interventionist Demonstration 1914, meant to sound like propellers and gun shots.
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Who were the key players in the Constructivism movement?
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Kasimir Malevich (1878 - 1935), Alexander Rodchenko (1891 - 1956), Vladimir Tatlin (1885 -1953), Varavara Stepanova (1894 -1958)
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What is the impact of The battleship of Potemkin 1925 (silent film) directed by Sergei Eisenstien?
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Influential propaganda film, greatest film of all time at the brussels world's fair in 1958. Example of how impactful a film is.
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What was Vladamir Tatlin's impact/legacy?
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Monument to the Third international, constructivist sculpture. Also created other things such as paintings, clothing, furniture etc.
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What was Alexander Rodchenko's significance?
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Famous constructivist graphic designer and photographer. He likes to take pieces of material and manipulate it. He was a member of Vkhutemas
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Who was Liubou Popova (1920 - 24) ?
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Used clothing to advertise political ideology, believed in practicality, also a constructivist painter.
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What were the icons of DE STIJL?
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The red and blue chair, Mondrian's Red, blue, yellow painting.
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Who was J. Schoenmaekers?
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Greatest mathematician of the time, philosophical approach, mysticism had to do with colour and form, primary colour and primary form.
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What was the importance of Theo Van Doesburt (1883 - 1931/ Christian Emil Marie Kupper)?
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created principles of Neo plastic art 1925, constructivist painter, arictect and graphic designer. Created De Stijl magazine with Mondrian.
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What is the importance of Piet Mondrian (1872 - 1944)?
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He was a fauvist and constructivist painter, he was inspired by Paul Cezanne's method of breaking down elements into facets of colour.
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What was the importance of Gerrit Rietveld (1888 - 1964)?
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He was a furniture designer and used de Stjil aesthetics, he believed it could renew europe.
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The zig zag chair was created by (1934)....
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Ga van de groenekan, Amsterdam using untreated elmwood. Partial constructivist.
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What is special about the construction of the Zigzag chair?
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The lines rearranges energy to the shortcut thereby eliminating the pressure on the inner bolts.
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What is the premise of Theo Van Doesburg and Cornelis Van Eesteren Contra construction project (AXONOMETRIC PROJECTION 1923)?
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It had no supporting walls and had movable partitions instead.
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What did Truss Schroder commission Gerrit Rietveld to design?
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The schrader house in UTRECHT 1924
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What was the first phase of the modern movement?
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Inspired by avant garde, appearance was clean, geometric, use of steel, glass, manipulation of light and shape. Bauhaus was an important influence
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What was the second phase of the modern movement?
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Late 1920s -1960s, this was the development of an international style, The weisshof siedlung in stuttguard 1927 was the most well-known example of this style.
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What is the difference between Bauhaus and international style?
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Both minimalist, geometrical, anti-ornament. Bauhaus was hand crafted while int' style was mass produced (glass/steel), int style also focused on architecture and used cantilever construction.
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What was mies van de rohe's style?
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natural light into buildings , flat roof, no brick.
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What were Corbusier and Pierre Jeunet's building's defining characteristic?
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Raised buildings off the ground with steel columns. Called Pilotis.
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Villa Savoye (1929 - 1931)
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Just outside of Paris, expensive, built for car owner family, cars were able to park below the house, the whole building was sculptural.
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Unie d'Habitation (1946 - 1952)
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Machine for living, it includes grocery store, hairdresser, bar, hotel, pool, cinema.
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Dominican Monastery
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Lyon, near France.
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What happened Bauhaus?
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Hitler closed it because they offered rebellious ideologies.
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Johannes Itten (1888 - 1967)
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Teacher at Bauhaus, starts class with breathing exercise, contributed the elementary problems of design, wore high neck coat with belt looked like monk.
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Bauhaus Extracurricular ....
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consisted of theatre
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Bauhaus Weaving was mostly....
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female-dominated
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Laszlo Moholy Nagy (1895 -1946)
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Replaced Itten, new era of design and industrial integration. He preferred multidisciplinary art students. You also should be knowledgeable on photography.
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Walter Gropius (1883 - 1969)
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Built a custom building for Bauhaus
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Oskar Schlemmer....
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mixed performance with design i.e Dance in Metal 1928 - 1929
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Marianne Brandt....
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One of the few women who were accepted int he metal work shop.
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Hannes Mayer....
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was an architect and friend of Walter G.
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Kadinsky
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Shapes expressed his feelings.
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Marianne Brandt created
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household utensils in copper and other metals. created for function and mass production.
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Josef Albers
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first graduate to teach at the Bauhaus
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The Bauhaus building
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simple, visual characteristics of international style, welding, metal, inspired by transportation vehicles.
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Who was the pioneer architecture in the British Modern Movement during the 1930s?
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Wells Coates (1895 - 1958) he was born in Japan, studied in Canada.
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What was Wells Coates most prominent building?
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BBC studio 1931, the isokon building or Law road flats in Belsize Park
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What is Around is Around?
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3D film, commissioned by the British Film Institute, made by Norman McLaren |
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1950...
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first satellite launched, prospects of synthetic fibres and plastics.
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Land Rover Series 1
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1948, built using post war leftovers, half car half tractor
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The Mini
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1959
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When did Jazz clubs appear in Soho London?
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1950s
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Northern London wore
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Edwardian era: tapered trousers, long jackets and fancy waist coats.
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The South London Teddy Boy...
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Ended around 1958 during the race riots. Black lapels, piping, suede shoes.
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The Teddy girl....
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designed for maximum attention , flat clutches, velvet blazers knotted scarves, rolled trousers and pointed shoes
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Corbusier's five points of new architecture:
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The pilotis, free plan, free facades, flat roof garden, ribbon windows.
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What is modernism?
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Form follows function
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Ludwig Miles Van Der Rohe...
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German architect, created german pavilon, lake shore drive apartments, seagram building. Liked simple cubes, glass box design framed in steel and covered in glass.
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Le Corbusier...
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believe din purism, simple designs, no ornamentation and efficiency
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Commercials are...
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most creative, dynamic and original projects.
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Post war reconstruction...
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utilized film and commercial products (tv, ads, etc) to redefine and recreate nations.
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What was Japan trying to do post war?
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Re establish past traditions because they were being questioned by the people
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What did Americans try to do post war?
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To share north american values with the world. |
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When did Tv start?
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1939
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When did Tv come back?
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1946 |
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How many Tv sets were sold by 1951?
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16 000 tv everyday, about 5 mil a year
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When the remote came in 1955...
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people called it the Happy Days
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What was the good life in the U.S?
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Well stocked fridge, and tv to watch
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When did racism became noticed?
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1959
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How many americans lived in poverty in the 50s?
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28.9%
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1950 commercials used...
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fiction and fact to sell products i.e malboro land
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Why was the U.S a powerful industrial force?
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Produced 6% of the world's pop. and consumed 1/3 of the world's goods and services, and made half of the manufactured goods in the world.
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Unemployment rate in the U.S was...
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1%, half of the civilian jobs were filled by women
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American ads...
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taught consumers how to consume bc they were scared from the Great depression
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The power of positive thinking by Normand Vincient Peale ....
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was a best selling book
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Americans put in god we trust on the dollar bill...
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to turn it into an American religion to convince ppl spending is not a sin.
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Ernest Dictor...
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helped advertisers reach consumers through psychology
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Tv was compared to a...
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Narcotic
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Coke had cocaine in it until...
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1900s
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Frank Robinson
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created the Coke logo
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George Lois significance
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master advertiser, made tommy hilfiger successful over night, created 92 esquire covers and the famous xerox 914 commercial (anyone can do it) |
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Who was Ray Kroc?
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Founder of Mcdonalds, he says he is in the real estate business bc MCDEE 3rd group to hold most land.
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Two all beff patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame bun....
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famous mc dee jingle in 1974
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Post war Britain, women's fashion
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turbans, pointed shoes, pants
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CC41 Utility Mark
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controlled commodity 41 being the year of implication
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CC41 also had a furniture committee with
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20 designs of plain functional, solidly constructed domestic furniture
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The design research unit
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created type faces for signs (1945/46)
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The 1951 Britain can make it exhibition was funded by
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the profits of the 1851 Exhibition
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The key piece of architecture in the Britain can make it is
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the dome of discover
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When did Art deco occur in Paris?
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1925 the same year the exhibit on it was held
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What were the characteristics of French Art Deco?
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One of a kind objects, labour intensive, expensive materials, for wealthy clients. Angular, geometirc and colourful.
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What inspired French Art Deco?
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Egyptian and oriental influences.
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What were the four requirements for the Art Deco Exhibit items?
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manufacturers and artists that show modern tendency, no copying, everyday objects are allowed, considerate of form and function and choose the right material.
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What was interesting about the (Art deco) exhibits display?
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Everything was shown in context
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The structure that represented the Art Deco exhibit
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10 pillars framing a bronze statue
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How may countries participated in the exhibit (aRT DECO)?
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41 countries except germany and u.s |
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What is Veneering?
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covering a solid base (wood) with a thin sheet of expensive woods to cover the soft wood. Chosen because of surface characteristics, you could veneer with sharksin or leathers lots of stuff. Veneering allowed the furniture to look like one continous piece.
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What is Laquer?
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high gloss finish, used gummy insect deposit or shellac.
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Popular colours for Art Deco?
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green, yellow, turqoise, slate blue, gold, silver, vermillion
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Jean Dunand
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swiss furniture designer, learned the japanese laquer techniques. Laquer master, did many layers and liked to work on big pieces in a dark room during a full moon.
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Eileen Gray
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Also known for lacquer, achieved bright red and blues. Inspired by tribal art and dutch de stijl
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Emile Jacques Rulmann
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simple forms, elegant, mother of pearl, tortoise shell and ivory. Thin legs on furniture.
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Rene Lalique
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worked with glass and modled glass, combining modern techniques with mass production
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