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HTC: 14
Secession
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History
Undergraduate 2
05/11/2009

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Term

What project by Mackintosh exhibited at the Secession had a profound effect on these designs?

Definition

House for an Art Lover

Term

What nickname was given to the group of four designers centered around Mackintosh because of the colors and the forms they used?

Definition

The spook school

Term

What was Margaret McDonald signature motif?

Definition
Rosebud 
Term

What city was the center of German applied arts and the home of the Ernst Ludwig School of Art?

Definition

Darmstadt

Term

What influence did Glasgow have on Mackintosh’s design approach?

Definition

Glasgow was a ship building hot bed. There is a sensibility to the interiors of ships and their functionality. Mackintosh designed his buildings from based on function and from the inside out like ships.

Term

Which architect designed the Secession building?

Definition

Olbrich

Term

Who was the winner of the competition for the Vienna subway system?

Definition

Otto Wagner

Term

What are the two prevalent geometric shapes in Mackintosh’s symbolism?

Definition

Circle and the square

Term

What was Mackintosh’s approach to designing interior spaces?

 

Definition

The interior form and program influences the overall design

 

Term

 What was the difference between Hoffmann's approach in design of surface and volume with that of Wright's?

Definition

Hoffman emphasizes the corner and is very plainer, while Wright deemphasizes the corner and is about volume.

Term

What are three differences between the exterior of a Voysey house and that of a Mackintosh house?

 

Definition

Voysey: Roof Dominant,White Stucco, Stone Window Trim

Mackintosh: Wall Dominant, Grey, No trim, 

Term

What city did Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig try to make into a German "Athens?"

Definition

Darmstadt

Term

What firm that Joseph Hoffmann helped to start produced high quality objects and furnishings for houses?

 

Definition

Weiner Werkstatte

 

Term

Who was the father figure of the Secessionists?

Definition

Otto Wagner

Term

What painter collaborated with Olbrich in the design of the Secession Building?

Definition

Klimt

Term

Who said "I am particularly interested in the square as such and in the use of black and white as dominant colors, because these clear elements have never appeared in earlier styles”?

Definition

Joseph Hoffman

Term

The Secessionists were located in what city?

Definition

Vienna

Term

Which two people are responsible for the design of the Secession Building?

Definition

Olbrich and Klimt

Term

What are two tectonic elements in the Glasgow School of Art which permit it to be said that the design expressed a beginning of a "modern architecture”?

 

Definition

Asymmetry

Function over Decorative

 

Term

Charles Rennie Mackintosh had a connection with which continental European art movement?

Definition

Secessionist

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