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Final Exam MODHIST2
FEMDHTC@1
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History
Undergraduate 2
06/06/2010

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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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de Klerk and 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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Berlage
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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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de Klerk and Kramer
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What was Berlage's opinion of Dutch urban housing?
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committed 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 Mondrian and Van Doesburg
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Van Doesburg's term for the new way he composed space as a continuous, but non-lineat 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-did not understand space
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Neo-Plasticism is a term associated with what movement?
Definition
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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Kandinsky
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Describe the spatial sequence implied in the paintings of Van Doesburg
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a continuous, but non-linear flow of space
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Name a De Stijl painter:
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Van der Leche
Van Doesburg
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The Red-Blue chair was designed by
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Rietveld
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The Schroder House was designed by
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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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Influence of Nietschze and Corbusier, reality (places) juxtapose lines (columns)
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What was the major design difference between Mies' Concrete and Brick Country House projects?
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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 tem that describes the spirit of Mies' Concrete Office Building of 1923 was:
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Neue Sachlichkeit
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The Zonestraal 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 Weimer Bauhaus?
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Maholy-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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arrival of Maholy-Nagy
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Define Neue Sachlichkeit
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new objectivity, realism and functionalism w no need of art
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Describe Mies' spatial order in his designs of 1923-1929
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spiral (asymmetry and the definition of space w the arrangement of free-standing planes within a rectilinear order)
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The Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg Monument was designed by
Definition
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
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The Wassily chair was designed by
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Breuer
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List 3 important design ideas Mies employed in the Barcelona Pavilion
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1. created reflections
2. free standing walls
3. non-axial paths
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The Dutch architect known for his sachlich housing project 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 change of the 1927 Weissenhof Siedlung was
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Mies
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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
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The Barcelons Chair was designed by
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Mies
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The De Stijl theoretician whose lectures at the Bauhaus influenced its switch from expressionism to Internationalism was
Definition
Van Doesburg
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When Walther Gropius assembled his faculty for the Bauhaus School he drew many of them from which field of expertise?
Definition
engineering
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_____ was the director of the trade/design school in Weimar when its name was changedd to the Staatliches Bauhaus
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Gropius
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One major difference element in the work of Willem Dudok's from that of Wright's?
Definition
Softer machine edge and more glass
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Willem Dudok's building show a major influence from the work of what American architect
Definition
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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Berlage
Term
The father of modern Dutch architecture who was an early advocate of Wright's work was
Definition
Berlage
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List two Wrightina motifs evident in the Hilversum Town Hall
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1. horizontal brick detailing
2. ribbon windows
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JJP Oud belonged to the ______ school
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De Stijl
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