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| What is Carlo Bugatti known for? |
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| His insect architectural forms, asymmetrical |
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| Who was the Snail room designed by? |
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| Where did the name ART DECO come from? |
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| the 1925 exhibition. Deco means decorative. |
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| Art Deco adored two things because they were sleek. What were they? |
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| Why did the Art Deco movement adore "sleek" things? |
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| SPEED- modern transportation was rapidly developing. it influenced the steam line design. |
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| What two types of plastics were popular during the Art Deco period? |
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| What were hard surfaces covered with during the Art Deco period to make them look sleeker? |
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| What kind of colors were used in the Art Deco period? |
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| What was notable about Art Deco's skyscrapers? |
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| The top was always fancy. It looked like it went up to the sky. |
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| Empire State Building and Chrysler Building are examples of what period of architecture? |
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| What was a subset of Art Deco that was the design of domestic architecture? |
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| Who was the Interior Designer of the Greenbrier? She was known as "the lady." |
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| Where did the De Stijl movement take place? |
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This movement is described by these things:
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-unity of the arts
-flat place |
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| Who was the De Stijl artist who was hyper focused on line and the primary colors? |
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| What did the manifesto of the Bauhaus state? |
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| No difference between artist and craftsman |
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| What book did Tom Wolfe write criticizing the Bauhaus? |
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| From Bauhaus to Our House |
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| The reaction against the Bauhaus was... |
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| The Wassily Chair by Breuer; named after Wassily Kandinsky |
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| Who was known for being the "rich man's architect" and for using the saying "less is more?" |
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| What type of materials did Van der Rohe use? |
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| Van der Rohe was the master of _______. |
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| Who was the author of Toward a New Architecture and The Decorative Art of Today? |
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| What was the proportional system called that Le Corbu created? |
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| Finish Le Corbu's sentence: "a house is a ________ ____ _______." |
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| Who wrote "How to See" and designed for Herman Miller? |
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| Who designed the marshmallow sofa? |
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| Eero Saarinen worked with what two famous designers? |
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| What kind of line movement did eero saarinen like? |
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| Whose work was the exact opposite of eero saarinen's? |
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| Name some of eero saarinen's work |
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| airport terminals, st louis arch, yale whale |
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| What kind of design were the Eames after to create? |
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| What were some of the materials that the Eames experimented with? |
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| plywood, fiber glass, plastic, metal, foam padding |
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| What design element were the Eames fascinated with? |
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| Who is the scandinavian architect that design stacking stools? |
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| Who designed the Wishbone chair and the Peacock chair? |
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| What year did the inflatable chair and bean bag chair come out? |
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| Joe Colombo was interested in what material? |
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| Who created the Ups furniture? example: ball and chain chair. |
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| What was the Memphis group's mission? |
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| looked at 1960's designs and revived it. tongue in cheek design |
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| What material did the Memphis group like to use? |
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| Bubble lamps by George Nelson |
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| Lounge chair by the Eames |
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| Shell Chair by Hans Wegner |
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