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| One explanation for the rugged silhoutte of the many of GaudiÕs buildings is the influence of what spiritual landmark? |
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| Mt. Serrat, the primary Catalonian religious landmark, supposed location of holy grail |
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| Major difference between HortaÕs designs and Guimards was |
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| Guimard was biological and 3d; Horta was 2d and design was only on one surface |
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| What two structural elements unique to his time did Gaudi employ in many of his buildings? |
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| Parabolic Curve and Inclined/slanted columns |
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| One explanation for the rugged silhoutte of the many of GaudiÕs buildings is the influence of what spiritual landmark? |
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| Mt. Serrat, the primary Catalonian religious landmark, supposed location of holy grail |
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| Major difference between HortaÕs designs and Guimards was |
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| Guimard was biological and 3d; Horta was 2d and design was only on one surface |
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| What two structural elements unique to his time did Gaudi employ in many of his buildings? |
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| Parabolic Curve and Inclined/slanted columns |
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| The author of Entretiens of 1863, which argued for a return to regional building and quoted gothic architecture as the model of a structurally rational style was? |
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| Hector Guimard is best known for the design of the |
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| Why did Gaudi incline his columns |
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| The other major Belgian Art Nouveau architect besides Horta was |
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| List two of Viollet le ducÕs major ideas that were very influential during the 1880s and 1890s |
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| material integrity and regionalism |
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| The trademark formal element of Art Nouveau architect besides Horta was |
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| What theoretician was very influential on the work of victor horta |
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| Describe GaudiÕs technique of structural analysis and design |
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| ration is spiritual, fishing wire and weights then flipped |
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| The Belgian Art Nouveau architect who eventually moved to Berlin was |
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| The German equivalent of Art Nouveau architect who eventually moved to Berlin was |
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| The german equivalent of Art Nouveau was called |
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| List three architectural movements in the 19th century that we have studied this quarter that were manifestations of the rise of nationalism |
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| Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts, National Romanticism, and Succesion |
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| The Paris subway stations were designed by |
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| The difference between HortaÕs curvilinear lines and those of van de Velde was |
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| Horta was asymmetrical, van de velde simpler and more order and symmetrical |
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| The best explanation for the inspiration of the exterior form of Sagrada Familia is |
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| The theoretician who had the greatest influence on the development of Art Nouveau architecture was |
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| GaudiÕs patron in Barcelona was |
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| Victor Horta is known for what stle of architecture |
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| A distinguishing motif of Art Nouveau was the |
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| The arches used by Gaudi had what profile |
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| Art nouveau architecture originated in what country |
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| The architect known for his wire and fishing weight models used to determine the structure of his buildings was |
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| What project by Mackintosh exhibited at the Secession had a profound influence on these designers |
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| The nickname given to the group of four designers centerd around Mackintosh because of the colors and forms they used was the |
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| Margaret McDonaldÕs signiture motif was the |
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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 |
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| What influence did Glasgow have on MackintoshÕs design approach |
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| ship building empire to design interiors, technology went from ships to buildngs |
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| The arcitect of the seccession buildng was |
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| The winner of the competition for the Vienna subway system was |
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| What two geometric shapes are prevalent in MackintoshÕs symbolism |
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| circle to represent spirit and square to represent real world |
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| Descrive mackinoshÕs approach to the design of interior spaces |
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| Glasgow ship buildng, creating large rooms, borrowing from other spaces, some Japanese influence |
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| Compare hoffmannÕs approach in design of surface and volume with that of wrightsÕ |
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| hoffman used planes and emphasized corner, wright used masses and eliminated corner |
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| List three differences between the exterior of a voysey house and that of a mackintosh house |
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| Mackintosh-grey walls, no window trim, varied windows, wall dominate; Voysey- white walls, grey stone trim, same windows, roof dominate, slate roof |
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| What city did grand duke Ernst Ludwig try to make into a german ÒathensÓ |
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| Name the firm the joseph Hoffmann helped to start that produced high quality objects and furnishings for houses |
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| Who was the father figure of the secessionists |
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| The painter who collaborated with olbrich in the design of the secession building was |
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| ÒI am particularly intereseted in the square as such and in the use of black and white as dominated colors, because these clear elements have never appeared in earlier styles: is a quote by |
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| the secessionists were located in what city |
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| the two people responsible for the design of the secession building were |
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| charles rennie mackintosh had a connection with which continental European art movement |
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| sucession (not positive on this) |
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| The elevation treatment used in the entrance faade of Grundvig church is best described as? And were did it originate in Denmark? |
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| stepped gable, vernacular of churches and houses, resolved gable roofs |
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| What device is used in the Stockholm city hall to link it with the adjacent lake? |
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| Mass is lifted off site with arcades, can see water through he ground level |
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| List two precedents for saarinenÕs final design of the main entry in the Helsinki railroad station |
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| Vienna secession, louis Sullivan golden door |
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| The kallio church was designed by |
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| Describe the elevational treatment Saarinen typically used in the towers of his finnish buidings |
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| stepped towers back as they got higher, corners were bookends |
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| The building typically credited witht the start of the national romantic movement in Scandinavia is |
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| The tampere cathedral was designed by |
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| ÒThe arrangement of a vertical force against a contrasting and balancing horizontal volumeÓ best descrives the compositional theory employed by |
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| the movement in Scandinavia at the turn of the century that was a genuine attempt to interpret the indigenous tradition of each of the respective countries is referred to as |
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| list two reasons why Saarinen preferred to incorporate a vertical element in the massing of his buildings |
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| contrast to horizontal base, anchors into landscape |
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| the style that evolved in finland to express and preserve the indigenous culture in the face of increasing pressure by the czar to russify finland was |
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| saarinenÕs favorite interior color was |
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| the typical Saarinen formal composition incorporated a _____ element to _____ the building |
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| what is the name of the residential compound of Gesellius, Lindgren, and Saarinen |
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| Hvittrask was the name given to the residential complex of |
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| What two things were necessary to be developed in the late 18th / early 19th century to enable the evolution of modern concrete structures |
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| hydraulic, Portland cement, steel reinforcing |
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| List three resaons why larson considers reinforced concrete and not iron to have been the material more responsible for the development of modern architecture |
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| new material, no precendent, no need to fireproof, plastic any shape, no joints, could cantilever, no columns in elevation |
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| Erenst ransomeÕs concrete framed factories bore a stunning resemblance to those designed at the same time by what French pioneer in concrete |
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| coignet- repetitive infill structure |
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| The first important French contractor of reinforced concrete prior to the franco-prussian war was |
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| The architect chosen by henry ford to design his factories in Detroit was |
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| What economic advantage did the hennebique system enoy in paris |
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| thinner floors, shorter floor to floor height, could get a extra floor in paris due to set cornice height |
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| What was the secret of roman cement that was rediscovered in the 19th century |
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| chemicals in volcanic ash hardened compound without air exposure |
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| The French rationalist tradition, started by soufflot, and best represented by the work of Perret, was a quest to synthesize the ideas of what two historic styles |
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| What other theoreticians influenced the work of perret |
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| The architect responsible for the early use of reinforced concrete structures in the design of the firest automobile factories in Detroit was |
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| The first skyscraper constructed with a reinforced concrete frame was the |
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| The swiss engineer famous for his graceful, shallow arched, three hinged concrete bridges was |
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| Portland cement was first invented in which country |
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| The demise of terracotta fireproffing that led to the universal acceptance of reinforced concrete was a result of |
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| sanfransisco earthquake 1906 |
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| In which country was the principle of reinforcing concrete first developed |
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| france-reinforeced masonry |
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| What advantage did reinforced concrete enjoy over iron from the viewpoint of structural rationalists |
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| no fireproffing and exposed structure |
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| What French engineer built an international concrete company after the franco Prussian war |
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| What was the name of tony garnierÕs socialist utopian city which employed concrete housing and solar power |
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| What is generally regarded as the first American reinforced concrete buildng |
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| William wardÕs concrete castle |
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| Name the four types of construction that semper used to order the four elements of architecture |
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| hearth, roof, enclosure, mound |
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| What past style did semper champion as beign capable of further development |
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| What was the precedent for the Brandenburg gate |
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| The first theoreticism to speculate about the woven qualities of the primitive curtain wall was |
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| The german artist usually credited as having coined the term gesamtkunstwerk is |
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| The wasmuth volumes documented the early work of |
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| The term raumplan was devised by who to describe his interiors which incorporated interpenetrations of spaces |
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| The steiner house was designed by |
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| will to art, architect had to impose will on problem to solve it |
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| The german term for an individual imposing oneÕs artistic will upon a design problem is |
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| The german architectural writer who mythologized the English arts and crafts house at the turn of the century was |
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| Gropius was responsible for the design of what building at the 1914 cologne exhibition |
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| deutscher werkbund model factory |
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| Name two leading designers that were placed in charge of a major german school of design prior to wwi |
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| LoosÕ major criticism of the deutscher werbund was that it |
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| attempted to artistically misrepresent the reality of the objects they were trying to improve |
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| The deutscher werkbund chose who to design the model factory for is 1914 cologne exhibition and the final design was influenced by what wright building |
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| Peter Behrens was hired by who to redesign its corporate image |
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| The author of ornament and crime was |
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| Aeg hired who to redesign its entire image, production and buildings |
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| One of the three founders of the deutscher werkbund was |
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| Gropius was responsible for what buildng at the 1914 deutscher werkbund exhibition |
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| Das englische haus was written by |
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| What was loosÕopinion of gesamtkunstwerk |
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| tried to over control every aspect of life |
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| What was the primary difference in intention between a kahn-designed factory and a Behrens designed aeg factory |
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| Kahn Ð simply needed to design what was needed; Behrens Ð needed to transcend to become art |
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| What was founded to encouraged the improvement of machine production in Germany |
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| Behrens was greatly influenced by which philospher |
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| Herman Muthesius used which type of buildng as the model for germany to emulate in order to improve its building design |
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| How can one view the design of the Fagus factory as an inverse of the AEG turbine factory |
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| AEG Ð emphasized corner, columns out, projection of front; Fagus Ð eliminate corners, columsn in, projection of side |
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| What was loosÕ criticism of behrenÕs designs |
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| disagreed with gesamtkunstwerk |
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| Adolf loosÕ major written treatise on architecure was |
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| The fagus works was designed by |
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| The german architectural theoris who noted the inferior quality of german manufactured goods at the 1951 worlds fair was |
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| In what three shapes did Cezanne say that nature reveals itself |
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| The futurist manifesto was written by |
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| List two factors which occurred prior to 1860 that influenced the evolution towards abstraction on modern painting |
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| invention of camera and Japanese prints |
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| The primary objective of cubist painting was |
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| implying movement to destroy single view painting |
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| What three shapes did cubist painter employ in their paintings |
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| Pablo Picasso, marcel Duchamp |
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| What is the name given to a group of radical Italian designers who were prominent just prior to the start of wwi |
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| The futurist movement was centered in |
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| What was one of the compositional goals of cubist paintings |
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| capture multiple frames and angles in 2d |
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| The architect of the centennial hall in Breslau was |
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| Describe hugo haringÕs design methodology as manifested in the gut garkau cowshed |
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| architecture should not be imposed as preconceived idea, but rather discovered in and exploration of the place and conditions intended to serive, buildings express purpose |
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| Who designeed the Weimar governments new research tower for Einstein |
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| List three buildngs at the werbunds 1914 cologne exhibition that represented the three main movements in german architecture prior to the start of wwi |
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| glass pavilion, model theater, model factory |
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| The architect of the Luckenwalde Hat Factory and Dyeworks was |
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| Did Mies extrude the lotiness of the site in both of his glass skyspacraper proposals?Why? |
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| No, crystallized floorplan to reflect light in street |
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| The designer of the German Glass Industry Pavilion at ehh 1914 deutscher werkbund exhibition was |
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| Give an example of a different german expressionist architect who designed in each of the following materials, glass, brick, concrete |
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| glass Ð taut & mies, brick Ð Weimar & Hoger, concrete Ð Merdelsohn & berg |
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| Why was the cathedral viewed as the ideal historic building type for the german expressionists |
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| a lot of light, colored glass, communal design |
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| What was the major building project that focused the energies of German expressionists immediately following the end of wi |
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| The chilehaus in hamburg was designed by |
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| The author of glass architecture was |
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| The cathedral of socialism was the ultimate goal of what movement |
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| The grosses schauspielhaus in berlin was designed by |
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| What was the crystal chain |
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| underground artists due to the governement pressure, by burno taut, ideas about architecture of future |
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| The first Expressionist glass skyscraper was designed by |
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| Concerning the spiritual in art was written by |
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| Anthroposophy was founded by |
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| The traditional atrium in 19th century skyscrapers was quickly replaced by |
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| List three influences on the art deco skyscraper that came from Europe |
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| saarinenÕs stepped back towers, german expressionist movies and buildings, and 1925 paris worlds fair |
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| The second place winner of the Chicago tribune competition was |
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| What worlds fair played a pivotal role in the development of art deco in the us |
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| What buidng project finally forced New York to initiate proceedings toward a zoning code that would limit the size of skyscrapers |
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| The conte crayon renderings of the design potential of the 1916 New York zoning code were drawn by |
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| The autobiography of and idea was written by |
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| The first neo-gothic skyscraper to break the stranglehold of neo-classicism in New York City was the |
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| List two precedents for the massing of the art deco skyscraper |
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| saarinenÕs finnish steeped towers, ferris and corbets conte crayon drawings |
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| Who designed the Nebraska state capitol |
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| Who designed the singer building, the first us buildng to break the 600ft mark |
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| The style of the Woolworth building in new york city designed by cass gilbert can best be described as |
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| The buinding that forced new york city to enact a zoning code in 1916 was designed by |
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| Ernest flaggÕs design of the singer building in new york can best be described as |
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| The Chicago tribune competition was won by |
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| The European city that was the inspiration for wiley corbets and hugh ferris multi level city studies was |
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| Art deco was based on rejecting contemporary technology and using the vocabulary of traditional architecture true or false |
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| Wright would later state that he was influenced by what in the design of his Californian knit block houses |
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| Wright designed two highrise projects in the 1920s the are |
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| national life insurance building and st marksÕ in the Bowrie |
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| Who designed the first church, Christ the scientist in berkely |
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| Describe how wright schieved a two story living area in the apartments in his proposed tower for st. markÕs in the bowrie |
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| Who is noted as the first American architect to completely eschew the use of all ornament in his designs in favor of an asymmetrical massing of rectilinear forms with smooth, white washed walls with frameless windows |
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| Who is best known for his eclecticism, being able to synthesize a diverse collection of stylistic elements with the technology of the day, including such off-the-shelf materials as industrial metal sash and sheet asbestos panesl |
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| The term that best describes the style of buildings designed by Bernard maybeck is |
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| The type of California house that influenced the work of greene and greene was known as |
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| Describe knit block construction |
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| construction without skilled labor, simple to put together and mass produce |
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| One of the major differences between the houses designed by wright and those designed by greene and green was that wright used ____ roofs while greene and green used _____ roofs |
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| Òthere is something very restful and satisfying to my mind in the simple cube house with creamy walls, sheer and plain, rising boldly into the sky, unrelieved by cornices or overhand of roofÓ is a quote by who |
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| list three precautions wright designed into the imperial hotel in anticipation of seismic action |
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| pool of water for firefighting, only 60Õ sections so more flexible, tapered walls become lighter as they go up, floating foundation |
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| the architect recognized as the master of the early California bungalow in which sensuously detailed wood construction and deep overhanging balconies were used was |
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| what was the name of wrightÕs compound in spring green, wi |
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| the architect of the rusakov workers club was |
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| name two avant garde art movements which emerged in Russia just prior to the Russian revolution and the respective leader of each |
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| rayonism Ð larionon & constructavist Ð ginzburg |
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| Name the two avant garde architecture movements which emerged in Russia during the leadership of Lenin and and architect from each |
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| rationalism Ð ladovsky & suprematist Ð Malevich |
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| The spiraling design for the proposed monument to the third international was conceived by |
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| What was the name of the design school in communist Russia that preceded the Bauhaus |
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| Constructivist architecture was primarily a product of what country |
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| Name a Russian suprematist painter |
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| Prouns ideograms with a utopian content were convieved by |
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