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36 Cards in this Set
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What PERIOD said "Art could be unified with technology and aesthetically pleasing objects could be made by mechanical means?
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Bauhaus
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Name 3 of the first machine age developments in the years of modernism that were covered in class and in the book. Give an example, such as communications/telephone. Think big picture
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1. Travel - ship, rail, auto, air
2. Lighting - electricity 3. Structural engineering using steel and reinforced concrete |
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Name the 4 men that have been regarded as the PIONEERS of the modernism in design.
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1. Walter Gropius
2. Mies van der Rohe 3. Le Corbusier 4. Frank Lloyd Wright |
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Name 3 pioneers of the International Style, that all worked for Peter Behrens
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1. Walter Gropius
2. Mies van der Rohe 3. Le Corbusier |
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Name the MAIN colors used in the De Stijl's designs
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The primaries (red, blue, yellow) and black/white
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Why were the colors chosen for De Stijl's designs?
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pureism
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De Stijl translates to
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The Style
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What are the main concepts for the De Stijl Movement?
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De Stijl was primarily concerned with concepts of pure abstraction in painting and sculpture.
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Name Frank Lloyd Wright's famous residential house in Pennsylvania.
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FallingWater.
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Who coined the phrase "Less is more"?
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Mies van der Rohe
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Another famous quote and sometimes has been very controversial, "A house is a machine for the living", is said by one of the most famous designers
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Le Corbusier
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There was a whole group of very famous people of the Bauhaus, name the furniture design student that ended up teaching there and later on - partnered with Walter Groupius
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Marcel Breuer
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What is the name of this designers (design student furniture designer) most famous chair (named after another teacher at Bauahus?
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Wassily
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In 1925 a World's Fair in Paris showcased an incredible exhibition of interior design in objects and rooms. Name this post world-war style.
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Art Deco
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The key criterion in the modern period and still remains true to today's design is one word only. Name that word.
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Functionalism
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The term Industrial design came into use in the 20's and 30's to describe what?
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A profession which designs products from Industry
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The term "Modern Design" of the second decade of the 20th century was primarily developed in what country?
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Germany
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What did Frank Lloyd Wright name his concrete blocks with the decorative face?
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Textile block
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Name one of the largest architectural firms (with many staff members), founded in 1936, and worked with a lot of skyscrapers?
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SOM (Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill) responsible for both the architecture and interior design of the Terrace Plaza Hotel in Cincinnati, Ohio. Favored Mies van der Rohe
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Name the modest desert camp of FLW, which has grown into a complex in which one can receive a Masters Degree in Architecture
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Taliesin West
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Where do we see ART DECO in public interiors..the MOST, in the US and other countries? Name one special interior, here in Tucson
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Theatres/Fox Theatre in Tucson
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There was a second tier of modernist that was major to this modern movement. Humanity and a sense of the organic were always at the heart of his work, name this special famous designer
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Alvar Aalto
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Scandanavian countries came to be praiseed for their contribution of this furniture. Name this special kind of furniture construction
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knockdown
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What was very different about lighting in the Art Deco era?
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Ambiant lighting - sconces - defused - reflective lighting
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Name a famous women professional decorator of the 20th Century?
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Woods, Ross, Wolf, cummings, Parish, McMillian, Elkin
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Name two famous commercial furniture manufacturers mentioned in our book
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1. Knoll
2. Herman Miller |
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Name the Academy that produced some famous designers, such as the Saarinens, Harry Bertoia, and Florence Schust (Knoll)
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Cranbrook
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Name 3 famous or nationally recognized architectural and/or furniture designs of Eero Saarinen
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womb chair
tulip chair grasshopper chair (TWA lounge area) |
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Name some of the other names ART DECO was called before the 60's when it finally ended up being ART DECO
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1. Jazz Modern
2. Arts and Crafts 3. New Traditionalists |
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Who said "Good design is good business"?
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Florence Knoll
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Name 3 of the 5 of the points of Le Corbusier architecture
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1. Pilotis
2. Roof Gardens 3. Free Plan 4. Ribbon windows 5. Free Facade |
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By the 50's modernism is firmly in place. What does the book say about the post WW II modernistic ideas and interior design?
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modernistic ideas became commercial production; interiors were filled with gross versions of modernisitic furniture, kitchens w/appliances in pastel colors (gigantic automobiles); interior design moved forward in contrast to this unfortunate dominate direction
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Art Deco had its origins in displays - where?
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In Paris in the 1920's, notably the Esposition des Arts Decforatifs et Industriels in 1925.
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What features define Art Deco?
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Stepped forms, zigzag patterns, black, glass, and chrome, use of mirrors, and light fixtures
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uNLIKE MODERNIST DESIGN, aRT dECO WAS NOT STRONGLY CONCERNED WITH ISSUES OF FUNCTIONALISM AND TECHNOLOGY. iT WAS PRIMARILY A ______ STYLE
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fashion-oriented style, which was expected to take its place in the sequence of styles from past history
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Some of the people at the Bauhuas program included:
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Gropius recruited an extroidinary faculty that included modern artists, such as Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, and Lyonel Feininger and many other distinguished teachers such as Josef Albers, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, and Marcel Breuer.
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