Expressionist architecture

De Stijl is Dutch for “the style” and it proposed ultimate simplicity and abstraction, both in architecture and painting. The visual language of the movement consists of straight lines, squares, rectangles, and the same primary colors that were prominent in expressionism. Curved lines and circles were considered to be representative of nature and were often not used in De Stijl artwork. The move from expressionism in the Bauhaus came gradually with the Dutch painter Van Doesburg, who was hoping to teach at the Bauhaus and spread his own ideas of De Stijl. It was during this time at the Bauhaus that design had become a main focus. Doesburg had the biggest impact the furniture workshop, which would become one of the schools defining features. Walter Gropius did not directly oppose of Van Doesburg’s ideas, but ultimately he did not accept him…

Is it dance, theatre, or is it just life? The documentary Pina: A Film for Pina Bausch was shot in Wuppertal, Germany and premiered at the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival. The movie was put together by director Wim Wenders and his production company Neue Road Movies. The cast included Pina Bausch and the members of her dance company, the Ensemble of the Tanztheatre Wuppertal. PINA’s budget was 3.6 million dollars, but grossed 3.5 million in the United States. Even though Pina Bausch was…

Kathleen Kerner Dance History Mr. Garfinkel 12/1/14 “Pina” Bausch Philippine, or “Pina”, Bausch created some of the most interesting and radical modern dance works of her time because they are based on human relations and how we interact with each other. Born in 1940, in Solingen, Germany, she was born into a family of business owners with her parents owning a connecting restaurant and hotel. She and her siblings worked for her parents at a very young age. In doing so, Pina would observe…

Unit 32: Developing Physical Theatre Physical Theatre There are a few practices/practioners who contributed to the roots of physical theatre. Greek theatre Greek theatre spanned from 600BC-600AD and it began with festivals honouring Greek Gods. Plays were only allowed to be presented at the Dionysia festival. At early Greek festivals actors, directors and dramatists were the same person however, after a while only three actors were allowed to perform in the plays. Then they later decided to…

Argument 2: Brutalism reveals ‘The Image’, an ideal aesthetic of modernism as an unresolved visual. (To each individual has their own ideal view of modernism) Banham’s ‘The New Brutalism’ reveals aspects of ‘The Image’, as an ideal aesthetic of modernism as an unresolved visual. As it is a continuously evolving phrase, there are obvious clarities of meaning and articulations to be made of this notion of ‘image’. From this, many architects have insisted many of their own opinions and…

Taking from the origins of modern music, it is a fact that Pina’s dance pieces are mode inclusive of modern techniques but also incorporate ballet characteristics in their choreography. The rebellious culture in the modern German dance also characterizes invention of new steps foreign to the routine rather than following a certain structure in the dance. It can be said that the approach to culture is almost similar because both use dance in giving messages to their societies. "Mary…

Harry Saidler was born in 1923. He was among the most proficient architecture in Australia (Australian Government, 2009). Some architects would admire his work because of the international methodologies and modernist ideas. This caused a great impact in the local architecture’s shape. Even though most of his work was done in Australia, but he is considered to be an international architecture. Furthermore, humanist ideals inspired his career. The structure of the practice of Saidler has made him…

society, and drag a rough poetry out of the confused and powerful forces which are at work.”. The Smithson’s and Banham had differing opinions on the topic of Brutalism, as has been explored by Dirk van den Heuvel in his essay Between Brutalists: The Banham Hypothesis and the Smithson Way of Life, states that for the Smithson’s Brutalism was more “a way of life”, they were seeking to combine modern architecture with a multiplicity of tendencies within British culture, reaching back to Arts and…

To look at the fundamental ideas of the theory of folding and to help understand the theory in context, explore it amongst the features of post modern architecture. look at works by architects such as Peter Eisenmann and see how he has interpreted the theory of folding as an alternative interpretation of conceptual design. in which one building has a continuous form (folding), and one has a fragmented form (deconstructivism) - two buildings in relation to deleuzes theory through discussion and…

Architecture in East Asia has been profoundly affected by globalization. Since 1980s, because of the deregulation of the London market, the company of architectural practice has followed the same pattern as other business organizations, created the “building boom” and attracted the American’s investors and architects. The well-established corporations in America started to open the branch in London; subsequently they expanded branch office rapidly in the other global regions. “The liberalization…