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Exam2_18
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29
History
Undergraduate 2
05/12/2009

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The Futurist Manifesto was written by?
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Marinetti
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List two factors which occurred prior to 1860 that influenced the evolution towards abstraction on modern painting:
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a. Japanese Prints

b. New technologies

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THe primary objective of Cubist painting was 
Definition
Movement over time
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What three shapes did Cubists painters employ in their paintings?
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Circle, squares, and triangles 
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Name a Cubist Painter:
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Picasso
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__________ is the name given to a group of radical Italian designers who were prominent just prior to the start of WWI
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Futurists
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The Futurist Movement was centered in_______.
Definition
Italy
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What was one of the compositional goals of Cubist paintings?
Definition
Various viewpoints, implies motion
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THe architect of the Centennial Hall in Breslau was?
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Max Berg
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Describe Hugo Harring's design methodology as manifested in the Gut Garkau cowshed:
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Cows around the bull pit in the center.. had passive ventilation and daylight
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__________ designed the Weimar government's new research tower for Einstein.
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Mendelssohn
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_________ designed the first Goetheanum.
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Steiner
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List three buildings at the Werkbund's 1914 Cologne Exhibition that represented the three main movements in the German architecture prior to the start of WWI:
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a. Model Theater (dynamism)

b. Glass Pavilion  (crystalism)

c. Model Factory (objectivism)

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The architect of the Luckenwalde Hat Factory and Dyeworks was?
Definition
Behrens
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Did Mies extrude the lotlines of the site in both his glass skyscraper proposals? Why?
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No, he understood the need for reflections
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THe designer of the German Glass Industry Pavilion at the 1914 Deutscher Werkbund exhibition was?
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Bruno Taut
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Give an example of a different German Expressionist architect who designed in each of the following categories: glass, brick, dynamism (concrete)
Definition

glass- Taut

brick- Gropius

dynamism (concrete)- Vande Velde

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Why was the cathedral viewed as the ideal historic building type for the German Expressionists?
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Built by everyone- secessionist building colored glass- theory of color
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_________ was the major building project that focused the energies of German expressionists immediately following the end of WWI.
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Gross Schauspielhaus
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The Chilehaus in Hamburg was designed by?
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Fritz Hoger
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The author of "Glass Architecture" was?
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Paul Scheerbart
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The Cathedral of Socialism was the ultimate goal of what movement?
Definition
German Expressionist
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The Gross Schauspielhaus in Berlin was designed by?
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Poelzig
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What was the "Crystal Chain?"
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Underground artist in Germany
Term
The first expressionist glass skyscraper was designed by?
Definition
Mies Van der Roe
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Concerning the Spiritual in Art was written by?
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Kandinsky
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Anthroposophy was founded by?
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Steiner
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In what three shapes did Cezane say nature revealed itself.
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Cylinder, Sphere, Cone
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