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Lec. 24 Bauhaus and De Stijl
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Architecture
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03/23/2013

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______ was the architect invited by Gropius to give the keynote speech at the Bauhaus Week of 1923?
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Oud
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Name two abstract painters who played a major role in the aesthetic change in the Bauhaus curriculum:
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1.) Mondrian
2.) Van Doesburg
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What typeface/font was used in Bauhaus publications after the arrival of Maholy-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 was
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1. Mondrian
2. Van Doesburg
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Towards a Plastic Architecture was written by
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Van Doesburg
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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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Mondrian
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Describe the spatial sequence implied in the paintings by van Doesburg?
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A continuous free flowing space defined by no touch planes
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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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From expressionism to Machinery
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What was the major difference between Mies' Concrete and Country Brick House projects?
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Brick House was a continuous space and the Concrete House was made of separate boxes
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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 teach the basis or a basis of design instead of a style
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The German term that describes the spirit of the Mies' Concrete Office Building of 1923 was
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Neue Sachlichkeit
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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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Monoly-Nagy
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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
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The Wassily chair was designed by
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Marcel Breuer
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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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The architect in overall charge of planning the 1927 Weissenhof Siedlung was
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Mies van der Rohe
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________ was the major building type that brought the international style to the forefront of German design in the 1920s.
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Apartments/housing
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When Walter Gropius assembled his faculty for the Bauhaus School, he drew many of them from which field of expertise?
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Paintin
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_____ was the director of trade/design school in Weimar when its name was changed to the Staatliches Bauhaus.
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Gropius
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The event most responsible for the philosophical switch at the Bauhaus from the Expressionism to "The New Architecture" was
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The exposure to what was occurring at the VK Russia
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Define Neue Sachlichkeit
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Realism and functionalism with no need of art
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Describe Mies' spatial order in his designs of the 1923-1929
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Asymmetry
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The Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg Monument was designed by
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Mies van der Rohe
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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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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 continous flow
Van Doesburg - lacked understanding of space
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