ART-HIST 110 1st Edition Lecture 13Outline of Last Lecture:New innovations in 19th and early 20th century American architectureOutline of Current Lecture Early 20th Century ArchitectureThe ideas and aesthetics that informed modern architecture coalesced in the first decades of thetwentieth century. In what was known as the “machine aesthetic,” modernist architects of the early 20thCentury wanted their buildings to resemble factories or machines in order to embody thetechnologically progressive spirit of the age. Walter Gropius’s Bauhaus Building resembled a factoryand housed a school for art, architecture and other arts where students emulated the forms ofmachinery in their designs. Le Corbusier called his Villa Savoye a “machine for living.” He usedsmooth forms inspired by industrial buildings and mass-producted factory made products. He believedthat modern architecture should employ a universal vocabulary that could be applied in any place orsituation that became known as the “International Style.” Other architects, however, still felt thatarchitecture should have unique, individual qualities, a relationship to the natural environment and tospecifc places. Sited atop a waterfall, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater is perhaps the most adamantstatement possible against universal form and machine-inspired architecture.31-52 Walter Gropius, Bauhaus Building, Dessau, Germany, 1925-192631-40 Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye, Poissy-sur-Seine, France, 1929-3031-43 Frank Lloyd Wright, Edgar Kaufmann House, Fallingwater, Mill Run, Pennsylvania, 1937Terms:Machine aestheticInternational StyleThese 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.ribbon
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