Architecture History 4- Exam 1 Study Guide
International Style
A style of 20th-century architecture associated with Le Corbusier, whose elegance of design came to influence the look of modern office buildings and skyscrapers.
16.What art movement arose in the United states as a result of the emigration of European artists after world war 2?
Abstract expressionism
15.What cultural group forms the primary subject matter for the artist Jacob Lawrence?
African Americans
Abstract Expressionism
An artistic movement that focused on expressing emotion and feelings through abstract images and colors, lines and shapes.
Art Deco
Art style of the 1920s and 1930s based on modern materials and repetitive geometric patterns.
3. What term do art historians use to describe the process Joan Miro employed to paint such works as paintings?
Automatism
29.According to Picasso, what does the bull that appears in his monumental 1937 painting Guernica represent?
Brutality and darkness
Regional Variations on Modernism
Canizaro, regional modernism "is a theory that supports resistance to various forms of hegemonic, universal, or otherwise standardizing structures that would diminish local differentiation
Le Corbusier. Chapel of Notre-Dame-de-haut. Expressionist Modernist. Ronchamp, France. 1950-54. Towers echo mountains of context.
Chapel of intense expression /pilgrimage/form of natural healing Inspired by Greek architecture *like a sculpture found on a site Towers echo mountains of context. Roofline echoing mountainous region 3 towers- trinity Replaced destroyed church from war
33.How did jacob Lawrence ensure consistency among the sikty paintings of his series migration of the negro?
Consistent pallets of colors and rhythmic arrangements of shapes
Ray and Charles Eames. The Eames House: Case Study House #8. Pacific Palisades, CA. 1949.
De-Stijl style which originated in the Netherlands Window organization, material proportionality to one another allowed for the modularity shape Used different materials which allowed for a cheap and affordable budget
Kenzo Tange. Olympic sports halls, Yoyogi Park. Sculptural Modernism. Tokyo, Japan, 1964.
Divided program up by the size of the building Subterranean design Modern design
31.Which photographer rose to prominence for depictions of depression-era migratory farm workers made for the resettlement administration?
Dorthea Lange
Mies van der Rohe, Illinois Institute of Technology (incl. Crown Hall), Chicago, IL. Modern. 1939-56.
Emphasized use of I-beams as a decorative element rather than mere structure Echo of Farnsworth house using same raised platform idea Tension of aesthetic
19.Which of the following works is the product of its creators study of the way advertising shapes public attitudes?
Hamilton, Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing?
13.Aaron Douglas was a leading figure of what literary and artistic movement in the early 20th century?
Harlem Renaissance
18.Who was responsible for mounting the degenerate art exhibition in 1937?
Hitler and the Nazis
23.The villa savoye embodies Le Corbusier's theories about which genre of architecture?
Houses
Albert Speer,Zeppelinfeld,Nuremberg, Germany. 1934
Identification
Alexander Calder III, Lobster Trap and Fish Tail, Painted Sheet aluminum and steel wire. 1939
Identification
Alvar Aalto. Paimio Sanatorium .Paimio, Finland.1929-1933
Identification
Alvar Aalto. Paimio Sanatorium chair .Paimio, Finland.1929-1933
Identification
Alvar Aalto. Villa Mairea. Noormarkku, Finland.1937-1939
Identification
Barbara Hepworth. Oval Sculpture (No. 2). Plaster cast.1943
Identification
Barnett Newman. Vir Heroicus Sublimis. Oil on canvas.1950-51
Identification
Boris Iofan.Palace of the Soviets.Architectural Model.1937
Identification
David Smith.Cubi XII. Stainless steel.1963
Identification
Donald Judd. Untitled. Brass and other materials.1969
Identification
Eero Saarinen. TWA Flight Center. JFK Airport, New York, NY.1962
Identification
Erik Gunnar Asplund. Woodland Crematorium (Skogskrematoriet), Stockholm, SW.1940
Identification
Frank Lloyd Wright. Broadacre City. Architectural Model.1930s
Identification
Frank Lloyd Wright. Herbert Jacobs House 1. Madison, WI.1932-36
Identification
Frank Lloyd Wright. Johnson Wax Headquarters. Racine, WI.1939
Identification
Frank Lloyd Wright. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. New York, NY.1959
Identification
Félix Candela. Cosmic Rays Pavilion. Mexico City, MX.1951
Identification
Giovanni Guerrini, Ernesto Bruno Lapadula and Mario Romano.Palace of Italian Civilization, EUR. Rome, Italy. 1937
Identification
Gunta Stötzl,Gobelin Tapestry, cotton, silk, linen, 1927-1928
Identification
Henry Moore. Reclining Figure. Elm wood. 1939
Identification
Josef Albers. Homage to the Square: "Ascending," (Whitney)Oil on composition board.1953
Identification
Jørn Utzon. Bagsværd Church. Bagsværd, DK.1967-76
Identification
Jørn Utzon. Sydney Opera House. Sydney, Australia.1959-73
Identification
Kenzo Tange. Hiroshima Peace Center. Hiroshima, Japan.1949-56
Identification
Le Corbusier, villa savoye,Poissy-sur-Seine, 1929
Identification
Le Corbusier,Cité de la refuge (Salvation Army), Paris, France, 1929-1933
Identification
Le Corbusier. Legislative Assembly. Chandigarh, India.1963
Identification
Le Corbusier. Maisons Jaoul. Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.1951-54
Identification
Le Corbusier. Shodhan House. Ahmedabad, India.1951-54
Identification
Louise Nevelson. Sky Cathedral. Painted wood.1958
Identification
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Weissenhof Siedlung Exhibition, Stuttgart, Germany, 1927
Identification
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Farnsworth House. Plano, IL.1946-50
Identification
Marcel Breuer,Wassily Chair, chrome-plated tubular steel and canvas, 1925-1928
Identification
Mies van der Rohe with Philip Johnson. Seagram House. New York, NY. 1958
Identification
Mies van der Rohe. Lake Shore Drive Apartments. Chicago, IL.1957
Identification
Pablo Picasso .Guernica. Oil on canvas.1937
Identification
Philip Johnson. Glass House. New Canaan, CT.1949
Identification
Pier Luigi nervi and Marcell Piacentini. Palazzo dello Sport. Rome, IT.1959
Identification
Pierre Koenig. Case Study House No. 22. Los Angeles, CA.1959
Identification
Ray and Charles Eames. Case Study House No. 8.Pacific Palisades, CA.1949
Identification
Richard Hamilton. Just What Is It That Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing. Collage.1956
Identification
Skidmore, Owings, Merrill (Gordon Bunshaft).Lever House.New York, NY.1952
Identification
Vera Mukhina,The Worker and the Collective Farm Worker. stainless steel, Soviet Pavilion, Paris Exposition.1937
Identification
Wifredo Lam,The Jungle,Gouache on paper mounted on canvas, 1943
Identification
William J. Levitt. Levittown. Levittown, PA (also in New York and Puerto Rico, Willingboro, NJ). 1952-58
Identification
Alvar Aalto. Säynätsalo Town Hall. Functionalism/heterotopia, Finland, 1952. Style (functionalism)
Integrated nature and function in design using courtyard, walkways, and materials Organized rooms and spaces to offer flexibility to local government Hierarchy was seen with 4-tiers, and focal point being meeting space
Walter Gropius. The Bauhaus Workshop. Modernism. Dessau, Germany, 1925-26. Includes office and workshop- Style (Arts and crafts/Modernism)
International modern style Rectilinear form, flat roof, ribbon windows, curtain walls
7. The work of what artist exemplifies gestural abstraction?
Jackson Pollock
1. Who was the postwar expressionist artist who theorized about art brut?
Jean Dubuffet
14.Max Ernst's two children are threatened by a nightmare that includes three sketchily rendered human figures in what context?
Landscape rendered with traditional perspective
12.Which Architect created skin and bones buildings based on the basis of the motto less is more?
Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe
5. Francis Bacon's paintings detailing the horrors and brutality of war often feature which class of object?
Meat
10.American Regionalist painters focused primarily on subjects located in which area of the United states?
Midwest
25.What sculptural form, developed by Alexander Calder, has its parts so carefully balanced that they move with the slightest current of air?
Mobile
34.Paul Klee thought of painting's ability to express feelings through color, form, and line as similar to other types of art?
Music
26.This monochromatic sculpture incorporating found objects in frames, by louise nevelson is meant to evoke what mood?
Mystery and Magic
30.Georgia O'Keeffes skyscrapers in the 1920w, with their simplified planes, clean lines, and abstract rhythms, were associated with what style?
Precisionism
4. In the early 20th century, the cause of modernist art in the United states was largely carried forth by what group of supporters?
Prominent American Women patrons of the arts
22.Grant woods' painting of American gothic is an example of which painting style?
Regionalism
11. Which Artist painted this" image of concrete irrationality" entitles the persistence of memory?
Salvador Dali
24.Which of the following is NOT a shape implied in the structure of le Corbusier's Notre Dame du Haut?
Snail Shell
17.Vera Mukhina worker and collective farm woman conform to what official Russian style of art, established in 1934?
Soviet Realism
32.The clarity and lack of photographic manipulation in Alfred stieglitz the steerage demonstrates his commitment to what photographic approach?
Straight Photography
8. Aaron Douglas's mural forms slavery through reconstruction combines forms and motifs from African art with what European modernist style?
Synthetic cubisim
Giuseppe Terragni. Casa del Fascio. Modernism. Como, Italy. 1932-1936.
Terragni was part of "Group 7" - architects who wanted to redo Italy toward rationalism and modernism The idea started with a 3-dimensional grid Used front of the building as gathering ground for parade Used facade to place built-in screen
6. Which regionalist artist completed the murals titled A social history of the state of Missouri in 1936 for the Missouri state capitol?
Thomas Hart Benton
Le Corbusier. Ville Radieuse (Radiant City). Modernism. Concept and model. 1930.
Used color as a way to emphasize circulation, and relieve overall whiteness Can be built anywhere as long as land was flattened for it Buildings are less individualized Has a less organic feel to it Was meant to be a modular city
28.The smaller, less expensive dwellings that Wright designed for lower-income people were given what name?
Usonian Houses
27.What element does sculptor Barbara Hepworth make as important in abstract sculpture as its mass?
Void
21.What element of the landscape did Wright deliberately incorporate in his design for the Kaufmann house?
Waterfall
9. By what term did Barnett Newman refer to the narrow lines that run vertically through the color fields of his paintings?
Zips
Surrealism
a 20th-century avant-garde movement in art and literature that sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, for example by the irrational juxtaposition of images.
2. Many early 20th century sculptors (Brancusi, Hepworth, & more) championed what quality as modern sculpture?
abstraction
20.Which element of donald judd's sculpture Untitled reflects his intention of banishing ambiguity from his work and using a visual vocabulary that does not deceive the illusionist world?
plexiglass material
