20. German Werkbund Flashcards
The German architectural theorist who noted the inferior quality of German manufactured goods at the 1851 World’s Fair was ____________.
Semper
What past style did Semper champion as being capable of further development?
Romanesque
What was the precedent for the Brandenburg Gate?
Athenian Propylaea
The first theoretician to speculate about the woven qualities of the primitive curtain wall was ___________.
Semper
The German artist usually credited as having coined the term “gesamtkunstwerk” is ______________.
Wagner
The Wasmuth Volumes documented the early work of ____________.
Wright
The German architectural writer who mythologized the English Arts and Crafts house at the term of the century was __________.
Muthesius
Gropius was responsible for what building at the 1914 Deutscher Werkbund Exhibition?
Model Factory
Name two leading designers that were placed in charge of a major German school of design prior to WWI.
- Behrens
2. Paul
Loo’s major criticism of the Deutscher Werkbund was that it _______________.
attempted to artistically misrepresent the reality of the object they were trying to improve
The Deutscher Werkbund chose _____________ to design the model factory for its 1914 Cologne exhibition. The final design was influenced by what Wright building?
Gropius
Mason City Bank
AEG of Germany hired ____________ to redesign its entire image, production, and buildings.
Behrens
One of the three founders of the Deutscher Werkbund was ______________.
Muthesius
“Das Englische Haus” was written by ___________.
Muthesius
What was the primary difference in intention between a Kahn-designed factory and the Behrens-designed AEG factory?
Kahn: just a building
Behrens” building but also transcended to make art
