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History of Modern Architecture Exam 3 - L21
Lecture 21
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Undergraduate 2
06/05/2011

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Who 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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The Dutch Architect known for his sachlich housing projects was?
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Oud
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J.J. P. Oud belonged to what school?
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The Der Stijl School
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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. van Doesburg
2. Mondrian
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What typeface/font was used in the 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 [the Bauhaus'] teaching ideology/pedagogy from Expressionism to abstract formalism?
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1. van Doesburg
2. Mondrian
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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 Vkhutemas exposition in Berlin.
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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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Maholy-Nagy
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The objective of the vorkurs (foundation course) was to:
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Instill expressionist ideas in students.
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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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Maholy-Nagy favors machines, while Itten is an expressionist.
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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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Painting
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Who was the director of the trade/design school in Weimar when its name was changed to the Staatliches Bauhaus?
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Gropius
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The De Stijl movement received much of its initial impetus from what?
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The non-objective paintings by Mondrian.
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The De Stijl theoretician whose lectures at the Bauhaus influenced its switch from Expressionism to Internationalism was:
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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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Who was the leading theoretician of the De Stijl movement?
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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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Name a De stijl painter:
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van Doesburg
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Describe the spatial sequence implied in the paintings by van Doesburg:
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Geometric abstract composition of free-flowing space
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Towards a Plastic Architecture was written by?
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van Doesburg
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Marcel Breuer is best known for:
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The design of the Wassily chair while working at the Bauhaus.
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The "Wassily" chair was designed by:
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Breuer
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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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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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Define the objective of Neue Sachlichkeit:
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Realism and Functionalism with no need of art.
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What was the major building type that brought the International Style to the forefront of German design in the 1920's?
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Apartment housing
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The architect in overal charge of planning the 1927 Weissenhoff Siedlung was:
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Mies van der Rohe
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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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The "Barcelona Chair" was designed by:
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Mies van der Rohe
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Sketch the elevation of the Barcelona Chair
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[image]
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List 3 important design ideas Mies employed in the Barcelona Pavilion:
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1. Use of opulent materials
2. Free-flowing, continuous space
3. Non-axial sliding planes
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Sketch the entry sequence for the German State Pavilion at the 1929 Barcelona Fair:
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The Pavilion is on the central axis of the fair at the end of the circulation spine, someone approaching the front is forced to make a right turn and enter on the right.
Term
What does Larson credit for the eventual appearance of columns in the Barcelona pavilion?
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Nietzsche influence - reality is planes with juxtaposed lies as columns
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What was the major difference between Mies' Concrete and Brick Country House projects?
Definition
Concrete- 3 separate boxes/spaces put together
Brick - One giant, continuous space
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The German term that describes the spirit of Mies' Concrete office building of 1923 was:
Definition
Neue Sachlichkeit
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Describe Mies' spatial order in his designs of 1923-1929:
Definition
asymmetrical and defining space with freestanding planes in a rectilinear order
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The two young Dutch Expressionists who worked in the office of Johan van der Meij were:
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1. Michael de Klerk
2. Piet Kramer
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What was the major difference between de Klerk and Kramer's exterior design methodologies?
Definition
De Klerk is additive
Kramer is subtractive
Term
The Hilversum Town Hall was designed by:
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Dudok
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List two Wrightian motifs evident in Hilversum Town Hall:
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1. Pinwheel plan
2. Horizontal tooled brick joints
Term
Willem Dudok's buildings show a major influence from what American architect?
Definition
Wright
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One major element different in the work of Dudok's from that of Wright's?
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Wright's interiors were more innovative than Dudok's conventional interiors.
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The Dutch architect responsible for spreading the influence of Wright throughout Holland was:
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Berlage
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The father of Modern Dutch Architecture who was a early advocate of Wright's work was:
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Berlage
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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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Van Doesburg didn't understand the meaning and reason for Wright's design and copied his forms. Wright had a continuous flow of spaces and van Doesburg does not.
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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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The home of Dutch Expressionism was:
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Amsterdam
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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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1. de Klerk
2. Kramer
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What was Berlage's opinion of Dutch urban housing?
Definition
Committed to the Dutch tradition and represented the Dutch idea of individuals with unity.
Term
The Zonnestraal Sanitarium was designed by:
Definition
Bjovet and Duiker
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Sketch the typical floor plan of a dormitory wing of the Zonnestraal Sanitarium:
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Single-loaded bedroom wing with balconies that open to the South
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