ARCH 212 1nd Edition Lecture 27Outline of Last Lecture I. Discussion on Walter Gropius “The New Architecture and the Bauhaus”Outline of Current Lecture I. New TechnologiesII. Eli LissitzkyIII. Vladimir TatlinIV. Kasimir MalevichV. Theo Van DoesburgVI. CubismCurrent LectureI. New Technologies- Typology- Photography- newspaperII. Eli Lissitzky- Named himself after a letter- Graphic artist- Really into typology, sculptural/ architectural forms, photomontages- Design for Proun Roomi. Proun- abbreviation for affirming the newii. Originally installed in Berliniii. Takes geometric forms & places them all over iv. Idea of exploding spacev. Find abstraction that has special conceptvi. Right angles not aligned with the ground plan and wallsvii. “floating world”viii. Dematerliaztion: new technologies- The Abstract Cabinet in Hannover, Germanyi. Exhibitionii. Paint of black, gray, and white on the wallsiii. Creates different responses for the viewersThese 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.iv. Abstract works on the wallsv. Wanted viewers totally engage in site - Cloud Hanger; pictured in Nikitsakaya Square in Moscowi. Proposal (unbuilt)ii. Photomontage= drawn the put onto the street backgroundiii. Critique of American skyscraperiv. Vertical connection to the street the horizontal connection to the skyv. Office spaces at top, commercial near the bottomvi. Separates you from the streetvii. Preserves historical city- Documentary “photofrescoes” from an exhibition in Cologne, Germanyi. Demonstrates his interests in the viewerii. Displayed in distinct sectionsiii. Used photography as a way to communicate abstractioniv. Architectural concept thru photography v. Tries to create a nonlinear contextvi. Like propaganda III. Vladimir Tatlin- Corner Counter Reliefs i. Constructivism*ii. Only some of things were builtiii. Faktura*iv. By exposing the materials, he expresses the components of the materials to show how it is held togetherv. Not particularly rectangulinearvi. Doesn’t set a ground plan; angled in cornervii. Depart from ground plan into upward space (floating)- Moved from abstraction to architecture- Monument to the 3rd Internationali. Helical structureii. Rotates at different levelsiii. Meant to be taller (3x) than Eiffel Toweriv. Unbuilt v. News rotating on the outsidevi. Glass and steel: steel in exterior while glass expose the steelvii. Theme of transparence in governmentviii. Celebration of technologyIV. Kasimir Malevich- Architekton- sculptural architecture- Cuts back on skyscraper to cubic forms- Liberating/ freedom; new in 1920s- Architecture forms with no focus on function/ programV. Theo Van Doesburg- Worked in Holland; a part of a Dutch art movement- Explicit expression geometric forms- Architectural Project Plani. uses cubic forms, but tries to break them downii. tries to push down the ground planiii. more conceptional iv. cube- base of designv. colors and different geometries open the ground plan and erase the formsvi. variety points of entryVI. Cubism- Pablo Picassoi. “Ma Jolie”ii. Makes the geometric forms look 3D with shadow and line weight- George Braque= synthetic cubismi. “Violin”ii. Collages of different materials*Key TermsConstructivism- rejection of the idea of autonomous artFaktura- single most important quality of defining Russian constructivism. Refers to the surface of the object and how it demonstrates how it was made, exhibiting its own distinct
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