ARTS 150 1st Edition Lecture 30 Outline of Lecture 29Post-ImpressionismI. Paul GauginII. Henri de Tolouse-LautrecIII. Edvard MunchIV. Edmonia LewisV. Auguste RodinVI. William MorrisArts and Crafts movementVII. Art Nouveau VIII. Victor HortaIX. Tiffany and Co.Outline of Lecture 30I. Antonio GaudiThe SkyscraperII. Louis SullivanIII. Cass GilbertArt Deco styleIV. William van AlenV. Frank Lloyd WrightVI. Katsura Imperial VillaVII. Frank Lloyd WrightVIII. Walter GropiusCharacteristics of the Bauhaus/Modernist/International StyleIX. Marvel BreuerX. Marianne BrandtCurrent LectureAntonio GaudiCasa Batllo, Spain, 1900Undulating walls, parts look like masts, bone like at bottom, onion dome on top, no straight linesVery fanciful The SkyscraperFirst generation: Chicago & St. Louis, MO; 1880-1900; under 20 floorsThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.Second gen: New York City; over 20 floors Louis SullivanWainwright Building, St. Louis, MO, Modernism (1890-91)Chicago fire gives architects a clean slate*steel developed around 1870About 10 floors, this was radical, other buildings usually only a few floors*electric elevator developed in 1889Before elevator the top floor was least desirable, now it is greatestBelieved that the buildings should still be beautifulHand-crafted stone floral/foliage pattern, flattened column Cass GilbertWoolworth Building, New York, Gothic Revival (1911)55 floors, 792 ft tall, tallest building at the time it was builtVery popular store, with rentable office spaces Art Deco styleTakes Art Nouveau and makes it geometric William van AlenChrysler Building, New York, Art Deco-Modernism (1928)Geometric, tieredCrown like pattern on topShiny exteriorGargoyle-like falcons on the topTallest building once completed, finished just after the Woolworth building Frank Lloyd WrightRobie House, Prairie School (Modernism) (1906)Very flattened down and stacked, unlike the usual style that built up with turrets and bay windowsChanges from a patio to a walled style so you can sit without being watched by people as they walk down the streetPeaked roofs needed for snow to roll off, his roofs are flatHis houses usually have structural flawsBuilt in furniture, wanted the outside to be matched by the insideInfluenced by Japanese prints, "elimination of the insignificant" Katsura Imperial Villa, JapanThis is the type of building that was influencing FLW's styleLow roofs, spread out, not structurally centered No irregular shapes, all rectangles and squares Frank Lloyd WrightFalling Water, Prairie School (Modernism) (1936)Modular elementsAsymmetricalLots of decksInterior: "bring the outside in" (like Japanese style), large, long windows, stone floor, unsmoothed stoneCantilever = a beam anchored at only one end that allows for things like projecting balconies Walter GropiusBauhaus, Dessau, Germany, Modernism (1925)Wanted to break away from the academyWanted a school where all the arts were taught in the same place without hierarchyBelieved that all the arts should work together and are equally important Characteristics of the Bauhaus/Modernist/International StyleFunctionalism: form follows functionElimination of the historical styles and ornamentTruth the material - if it is made of concrete/steel it should look like concrete/steelArchitecture integrated into the landscape, furniture integrated with architectureModular elementsUnion of art and technology Marvel BreuerWassily Chair, steel and canvas, Germany, Bauhaus-Modernism (1925)**Machine Aesthetic**Wanted to make furniture that could be made by machineVery comfortable, easy to clean Marianne BrandtCoffee and Tea Service, Germany, Bauhaus-Modernism (1924)Women were accepted by the school more than any other schoolThey were expected to contribute more in the kitchen/cleaning areasFirst to use rubber on the tea pot
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