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Exam2_14
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19
History
Undergraduate 1
05/12/2009

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What project by Mackintosh exhibited at the Secession had a profound influence on these designers?
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House for an Art Lover
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The nickname given to the group of four designers centered around Mackintosh because of the colors and forms they used was the
Definition

 

"Spock School"

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Margaret McDonald's signature motif was the
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rosebud
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The city that was the center of German applied arts and the home of the Ernst Ludwig school of art was 
Definition
Dermstadt
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What influence did Glasgow have on Mackintosh's design approach?
Definition
Center of Ship building and luxury liners
Term
The architect of the Secession building was
Definition
Olbrich
Term
The winner of the competition for the Vienna subway system was
Definition
Wagner
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What two geometric shapes are prevalent in Mackintosh's symbolism?
Definition

a. circle

b. square

Term
Describe Mackintosh's approach in design of interior spaces
Definition
interior function is most important-exterior not so much
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Compare Hoffmann's approach in design of surface and volume with that of Wright's:
Definition

a. about plans and surfaces

b.hoffmann emphasis the corner

Term
List three differences between the exterior of a Voysey House and that of a Mackintosh House.
Definition

a. white stucco over gray-mack 

b. no trim around the windows-mack, stone trim-voysey

c. wall dominant-mack, root dominant-voysey

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What city did Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig try to make German "Athens"
Definition
Dermstadt
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Name the firm that Joesph Hoffmann helped to start that produced high quality objects and furnishing for houses:
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Wiener Werkstatte
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________ was the "father figure" of the Secessionists.
Definition
Wagner
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The painter who collaborated with Olbrich in the design of the Secession Building was:
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Kilmt
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"I am particularly interested in square as such and in the use of black and white as dominant colors, because these clear elements have never appeared in earlier styles,"  is a quote by?
Definition
Hoffmann
Term
The Secessionists were located in what city?
Definition
Vienna
Term
The two people responsible for the design of the Secession Building were:
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Olbrich and Kilmt
Term
Charles Rennie Mackintosh had a connection with which Continental European art movement?
Definition
Secessionalism
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