Der Blaue Reiter

Versailles from his conveyance of the idea absolute monarchy. Antoni Gaudi is successful in Sagrada Familia in his depiction of the idea of heaven. Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe is successful in the same way in his creation of the School of Social Service Administration (SSA) for his portrayal of social work. The building, designed by Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe in the Modernist style, was erected on the campus of the University of Chicago in 1965. The SSA is located…

Art and Craft of the Machine- Frank Lloyd Wright The key aspect discussed by Frank Lloyd Wright in ‘The Art and Craft of the Machine' is 'the machine' in which he stresses that ‘in the machine lies the only future of Arts and Crafts’. During the time, 1901, Wright wrote the visionary article, expressing his philosophy on 'the machine', how it can be used, studying the misuse of ‘the machine' in architecture and art; supporting his points with historical events and art movements. Wright's report…

Analysis on Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater The building that fascinates me all the time is Frank Lloyd Wright‘s Fallingwater, which has long been recognized as the milestone in the history of 20th-century Architecture. Commissioned in 1935 during the Great Depression by Edgar J. Kaufmann, the owner of the popular Kaufmann's Department Store in Pittsburgh, Fallingwater initially served as a vocation house for the Kaufmanns between 1937 and 1963. What I found interesting about this house is,…

A clear understanding of the work makes the enjoyment of them all the better. In going the extra mile, I learned to respect them even more and hold up the genius minds of their creators. Formal Analysis: Deceivingly simple, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s residential magnum opus Farnsworth House is nothing short of a stroke of architectural genius and quite possibly the greatest work of his illustrious career. Designed and constructed between 1945 and 1951, the house was intended to be a weekend…

A Finnish architect, became a Phenomenologist in 1957 when he was inspired by one of his mentor, Professor Aulis Blomstedt. A quote from the man, Juhani Pallasmaa, Buildings are not abstract, meaningless construction, or aesthetic compositions, they are extensions and shelters of our bodies, memories, identities and minds. Consequently, architecture arises from existentially true confrontations, experiences, recollections and aspirations (The Thinking Hand. Existential and embodied wisdom in…

CRITICAL REGIONALISM EMERGED AS AN ARCHITECURAL CONCEPT IN THE EARLY 1980s. FOR LEADING THEORISTS SUCH AS KENNETH FRAMPTON, ALEXANDER TZONIS, AND LANE LEFAIVRE, AND IS SEEN AS AN APPROACH TO ARCHITECTURE THAT STRIVES TO COUNTER THE PLCELESSNESS AND LACK OF IDENTITY OF THE INTERNATIONAL STYLE, BUT ALSO REJECTS THE WHIMSICAL, INDIVIDUALUALISM AND ORNAMENTATION OF POSTMODERN ARCHITECTURE. CRITICAL REGIONALISM IS SAID TO BE SEEN AS A SENSE OF VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE. ACCORDING TO ALEXANDER TZONIS,…

Modernism, the architectural ideal of bringing the outside in, was largely born in the early 1900s by architectural pioneers such as Frank Lloyd Wright and Joseph Leopold Eichler. His works of art inspired many young architects, including Eichler. Eichler took the style of Wright and expanded and modified it, helping bring modern style to the masses and shaping it into what we know today. Eichler was originally inspired by a Frank Lloyd Wright home he lived in for a brief period. While staying…

Erich Heckel was also part of the Die Brücke group. He was one of the more simple artists in this association. His works often showcased psychological insight and lyricism (Arnason 118). Many of his works were made out of woodcuts. Heckel created a colored woodcut entitled Standing Child in 1910 (Arnason 119). It is another work that features the young Frӓnzi Fehrmann. Ernst Kirchner’s Seated Girl is very modest compared to Heckel’s Standing Child. For this work, Frӓnzi is pictured fully nude…

INTRODUCTION The Expressionism movement is an impressive modern art movement that depicted subjective emotion rather than objective reality. This movement used distortion, exaggeration and different elements to express the artist’s feelings that made it different from any other movement (artmonement.co). It has a unique sense of artistic style that uses intense colors and agitated brushstrokes with high qualities that not only affected fine art but also theatre, literature and many more…

Wassily Kandinsky was one of many influential artists during the Expressionist Movement. This movement lasted 20 years, from 1905 to 1925. This time period holds few historical significances, which influenced expressionism very much so. The end of World War I left Europe in ruins. Many people fluttered to America to escape the warfare. Artists began to express happy thoughts through painting to hopefully bring joy into one's lives. Kandinsky's contribution of paintings filled with shapes and…