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HTC 21 De Stijl and Bauhaus
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Architecture
Undergraduate 2
08/31/2009

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What was the major difference between de Klerk and Kramer's exterior design methodologies
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De Klerk - additive

Kramer - subtractive

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The two young Dutch expressionists who worked in the office of Johan van der Meij were
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a. de Klerk

b. Kramer

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The father of modern Dutch architecture who was an early advocate of Wright's work was
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Burlage
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The home of Dutch Expressionism was
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Amsterdam
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Which building represented Berlage's revival of the Dutch indigenous masonry tradition
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Amsterdam Stock Exchange
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Name the two Dutch "expressionist" architects best known for their designs of worker housing in Amsterdam during WWI
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a. de Klerk

b. Kramer

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What was Berlage's opinion of Dutch urban housing
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Commited to the Dutch tradition as opposed to the Bush garden movement
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What typeface was used in Bauhaus publications after the arrival of Moholy-Nagy
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Sans Serif
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What two avant-garde artists were credited by Larson as being somewhat responsible for the change in its teaching ideology/pedogogy from Expressionism to Abstract formalism
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Piet Mondrien and Van Doesburg
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Van Doesburg's term for the new way he composed space as a continuous, but non-linear flow of space was
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Neo-plasticism
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Towards a Plastic Architecture was written by
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Van Doesburg
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What was the difference in how Wright approached the design of his interiors and how van Doesburg designed his interiors
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Wright- arranged continuous flow

van Doesburg- lacked understanding of space

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Neo-plasticism is a term associated with what movement
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De Stijl
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The De Stijl movement received much of its initial impetus from the non-objective paintings by
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Mondrien
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Describe the spatial sequence implied in the paintings by van Doesburg
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continuous, free-flowing space
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Name a De Stijl painter
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Van Doesburg
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The Red-Blue chair was designed by
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Gerrit Rietveld
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The Schroder House was designed by
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Gerrit Rietveld
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Describe the changes made in the first-year design at the Bauhaus made when Maholy-Nagy replaced Itten as the teacher
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Moved from an Expressionist to a Machinist style
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What does Larson credit for the eventual appearance of columns in the Barcelona pavilion
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The influence of Nietschze, reality (planes) juxtaposed lies (columns)
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What was the major design difference between Mies' Concrete and Brick Country House
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Concrete- Bays

Brick- Winding paths

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The German term used by German designers after WWI who relied solely on realism and functionalism to describe their work was
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Neue Sachlichkeit
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The objective of the Vorkurs (foundation course) at the Bauhaus was
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to get everyone on the same level of basic skills
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The German term that describes the spirit of Mies' Concrete Office Building of 1923 was
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Neue Sachlichkeit
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The Zonnestraal Sanitarium was designed by
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Bijvoet and Duiker
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What architectural theoretician was responsible for the shift in design theory away from Expressionism at the Weimar Bauhaus
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Nagy
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The event most responsible for the philosophical switch at the Bauhaus from Expressionism to "The New Architecture" was
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the arrival of Nagy
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Define Neue Sachlichkeit
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the new objectivity, realism and functionalism with no need of art
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Describe Mies' spacial order in his designs of 1923 to 1929
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asymmetry and the definition of space with the arrangement of free-standing planes within a rectilinear order
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The Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg Monument was designed by
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Mies
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Marcel Breuer is best known for the design of the________chair while working at the Bauhaus
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'Wassily' Tubular Steel
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The 'Wassily' chair was designed by
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Marcel Breuer
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List three important design ideas Mies employed in the Barcelona Pavilion
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a. created reflections

b. free-standing walls

c. non-axial paths

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The Dutch architect known for his sachlich housing projects was
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Oud
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_________was the leading theoretician of the De Stijl movement
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Van Doesburg
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________was the major building type that brought the International Style to the forefront of German design in the 1920's
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Apartments
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The "Barcelona Chair" was designed by
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Mies
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The De Stijl theoritician whose lectures at the Bauhaus influenced its switch from Expressionism to Internationalism was
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Van Doesburg
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Willem Dudok's building show a major influene from the work of what American architect
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Wright
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The Hilversum Townhall was designed by
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Dudok
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The Dutch architect responsible for spreading the influence of Wright throughout Holland was
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Burlage
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The father of modern Dutch architecture who was an early advocate of Wright's work was
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Burlage
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J.J.P. Oud belonged to the________school
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De Stijl/Amsterdam
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