HOA 106 1st Edition Lecture 18 Outline of Last Lecture II History and Ideas III Art and Architecture a Theosophy s Influence b Russian Constructivism c Dada d Surrealism e Organic Abstract Sculpture f De Still Outline of Current Lecture IV Art and Architecture continued a The Bauhaus b American Architecture i Art Deco ii Frank Lloyd Wright c American Painting i Abstraction ii Representational art iii Harlem Renaissance iv Muralists v Photography Current Lecture Lecture 4 7 15 o The Bauhaus International Style Germany Art and architecture of simple design and geometric strictness Form has nothing to do with its function Founded by Walter Gropius Bauhaus Building Machine Shop Dessau Germany o Glass slate blue in color These 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 o Breuer Wassily Chair Orange fabric and tubular steel Simple chair that works for everyone American Architecture Art Deco Used industrial materials Demonstrates america s success of consumerism Van Alen Chrysler Building NYC o Niagara Mohawk Building Syracuse NY o Niagara Mohawk was the name of Power Company in Syracuse o Industrial glass plastic and chrome o Sculpture displayed on front of building Frank Lloyd Wright Student of Louis Sullivan builder of first skyscraper Believed architectural form should reflect its function Robie House Chicago o Skyscraper building with eagles pointing out at each corner o Influenced by cubism and Japanese architecture middle class society and the geography of the prairie o A ranch style house one level flat o Doesn t reflect what the typical 20th century house looked like Fallingwater Bear Run Pennsylvania o Beautiful geometric building over a waterfall o Relationship between nature and structure American Painting Abstraction Davis Hot Still Scape for Six Colors Seventh Ave Style o Embodies American spirit with bright optimistic colors Georgie O Keeffe Black Iris 3 o Representational Art Flower forms symbolizing female sex organs Grant Wood American Gothic o Famous picture of Midwestern couple Woman stares blankly and male holding a pitchfork Very plain o Represents Midwest simplicity o Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring American hymns and folk melodies in ballet Choreographer by Martha Graham Norman Rockwell Freedom from Want from the Four Freedoms series in the Saturday Evening Post o Illustrator who depicted American ideal life o Captures the American way and ideal family life Ben Shahn Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti Syracuse University o Sacco and Vanzetti were Italian immigrants who were falsely accused of a crime and executed Was controversial because of prejudices o Conviction was influenced be Red Scare and prejudices against foreigners particularly Italian immigrants Edward Hopper Night Hawks o Depicts urban life as lonely cold and alienated o Displays people at a late night diner Harlem Renaissance African American movement in Chicago and New York Depicts African American culture social identity as artistry Jacob Lawrence During the World War there was a Great Migration North by Southern Negroes o Part of a narrative series Migration Series o Flat shapes and use of primary colors o Muralists Depicts crowds of people headed towards three bus stops or train stops can be seen Chicago New York and St Louis These were the post civil war popular city areas Thomas Hart Benton City Activities with Dance Hall o From mural series America Today o Commissioned by Works Progress Commission o Depicts American values and experiences during the prohibition era o 3 d shapes Depicts American social life with bars drinking and home made alcohol Very colorful Photography Margaret Bourke White Fort Peck Dam Montana o Photojournalist Picture of industrial building Dorthea Lange Migrant Mother o Famous picture of mother and children during the dust bowl great depression o Documents the life of poor farmers o Reflected in literature like Steinbeck s the Grapes of Wrath