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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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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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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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Neo-plasticism is a term associated with what movement? |
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The De Stijl movement received much of its initial impetus from the non-objective paintings by |
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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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The Red-Blue Chair was designed by |
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The Schroder House was designed by |
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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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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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What architectural theoretician was responsible for the shift in design theory away from Expressionism at the Weimar Bauhaus? |
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Marcel Breuer is best known for the design of the _____ chair while working at the Bauhaus. |
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The Wassily chair was designed by |
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The Dutch architect known for his sachlich housing projects was |
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_______ was the leading theoretician of the De Stijl movement. |
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The architect in overall charge of planning the 1927 Weissenhof Siedlung was |
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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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When Walter Gropius assembled his faculty for the Bauhaus School, he drew many of them from which field of expertise? |
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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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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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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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The Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg Monument was designed by |
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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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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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