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Lecture 14
Secession/Mackintosh
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Undergraduate 2
05/08/2011

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House for an Art Lover competition entry (1901)
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What project by Mackintosh exhibited at the Secession had a profound influence on these designers?
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Immortals
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The nickname given to the group of four designers centered around Mackintosh because of the colors and forms they used was the 
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rosebud
Definition
Margaret McDonald's signature motif was the 
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Darmstadt
Definition
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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Designing luxury liners. Integrating mechanical systems into luxury space and maximizing space.

Regionalism

Definition
What influence did Glasgow have on Mackintosh's design approach?
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Olbrich
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The architect of the Secession building was 
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Wagner
Definition
The winner of the competition for the Vienna subway system was
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a. circle

b. square

Definition
What two geometric shapes are prevalent in Mackintosh's symbolism?
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Look at how the family functions and create subspaces for these functions. Put subspaces together and put shell around creating organic wholeness
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Describe Mackintosh's approach to the design of interior spaces:
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Hoffmann focused more on massing of objects and emphasized the corner.

Wright focused on the surface, and have lines of trim continuining around the corner, creating volumes

Definition
Compare Hoffmann's approach in design of surface and volume to that of Wright's:
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1. Mackintosh is grey, Voysey is white.

2. Mackintosh has no window trim

3. Mackintosh has the wall dominant over the roof, Voysey is opposite

Definition
List three differences between the exterior of a Voysey house and that of a Mackintosh house.
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Darmstadt
Definition
What city did Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig try to make into a German "Athens"?
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Wiener Werkstatte
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Name the firm that Joesph Hoffmann helped to start that produced high quality objects and furnishings for houses:
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Wagner
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______ was the "father figure" of the Secessionists.
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Klimt
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The painter who collaborated with Olbrich in the design of the Secession Building was
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Hoffmann
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"I am particularly interested in the square as such and in the use of black and white as dominant colors, because these clear elements have never appeared in earlier styles" is a quote by
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Vienna
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The Secessionists were located in what city?
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a. Klimt

b. Olbrich

Definition
The two people responsible for the design of the Secession Building were
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Secessionalism
Definition
Charles Rennie Mackintosh had a connection with which continental European art movement?
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