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CASA MILA

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Antonio gaudi

Art nouveau

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ART NOUVEAU

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Curved lines

Floral and other natural forms

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EIFFEL TOWER

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Gustav Eiffel
New structures
Made originally for world exhibition

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THE GUARANTY BUILDING

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Louis Henry Sullivan
New structures
The Chicago school: invented skyscrapers, “form follows function”

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DE STIJL

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Simple, geometric ideas of Mondrian

Not enclosed in as ingle cube–functional space projects from cubic center

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SCHRODER HOUSE

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Gerrit riectveld
Modern
Boring, sterile

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ART DECO

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Streamlined
Symmetrical design
Simplified shapes in shallow relief
Found I trains, cars, jewelry, and buildings 
Curved corners
Smooth, sleek, repetitive
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CHRYSLER BUILDING

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William van Allen

Art Deco

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INTERNATIONAL STYLE

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Steel, reinforced concrete, glass in large sheets
Flat roofs
Absence of ornaments
Impersonal appearance
Dependent of Fabric and prefabricated parts

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SHOP BLOCK

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Walter Gropius
International style
Bauhaus

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VILLA SAVOYE

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LeCorbisiee 
Typical modern house
All white and glass 
Raised up 
Geometric
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NOTRE-DAME-DU-HAUT

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LeCorbusier
Weird church
Looks like a boat
Strange glass windows that are small

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GLASS HOUSE

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Phillip Johnson

Stupidest house ever

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SEAGRAM BUILDING

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Ludwig mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson
Skyscraper
“Less is more”

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SEARS TOWER

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SKIDMORE OWINGS AMD MERRILL

Multiple blocks built on top of each other

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ORGANIC STYLE

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Grows from needs of people and nature of land
Not boxy, no symmetrical design,free flow of space
Psychological needs as well as physical

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FALLING WATER

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Frank Lloyd wright 
Living room=center of the house
Bedrooms are small and on second floor
Draws family together 
Cantilever
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GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM

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Frank Lloyd wright
Eccentric design
Circular
Journey through the museum

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EXPRESSIONIST ARCHITECTURE

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Novel materials
Formal innovation
Unusual massing

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SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

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Joern Uzton
Shaped like sail boat or waves
On coast

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TRANS WORLD AIRLINES TERMINAL, KENNEDY AIRPORT

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Eero Saarinen
Juts out
Looks like sydney opera house

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POSTMODERN

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Reaction against modern
Hated restricted, sterile, impersonal feel
Complex and eclectic

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POMPIDOU MUSEUM

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Richard Rogers
Weird modern set place by all the thrift stores
Pipes and vents in the outside

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DECONSTRUCTIVIST

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Disorients the viewer
Challenges assumptions about architecture
Fragmentation and manipulation of buildings skin
Disorder, dissonance, imbalance, asymmetry, unconformity, and irregularity

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GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM IN SPAIN
Frank Gehry Weirdly shaped, Light lobby to contrast harsh modern art
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MAN POINTING
Giacometti | existential art
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UNEASY LIFE
Jean Dubuffet existential art Art brut=art that is rough, coarse, and brutal Looks like child's paintings
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Jackson Pollock
Jack the dripper | Abstract expressionism
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WOMEN I
Kooning Pin up girl Issues with mother Abstract expressionism
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Mark Rothko
Abstract expressionism | Sunset guy
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RED BLUE AND GREEN
Ellsworth Kelly Hard edge Straight up boxes of colors with no blurring Ugly
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VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL
Maya Lin
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PERFORMANCE ART
Intersection of art and life Act of art more important than finished Dada influenced
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CUT PIECE
Yoko Ono
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THE ARTIFACT PIECE
James Luna | Native American
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CONCEPTUAL ART
Real work of art is the idea not the product
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ONE AND THREE CHAIRS
Joseph kosuth | Conceptual art
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MARYLIN MONROE DIPTYCH
Andy Warhol | Pop art
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CLAES OLDENBURG
Soft sculpture | Pop art
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Roy Lichtenstein
Pop art | Benday dots
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THE DINER
George segal | Plaster casts in ordinary setting
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MARYLIN
Audrey flack Vanitas painting Super realism
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BIG SELF PORTRAIT
Chuck close Paints Up close so you see every flaw
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SUPERMARKET SHOPPER
Duane Hanson Super realism Casts of people and he dresses them up Commentary on America
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SPIRAL JETTY
Robert smithson Environmental art Mimics molecular shape of salt
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SURROUNDED ISLANDS
Christi Likes to wrap things Environmental art
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THE DINNER PARTY
``` Judy Chicago 39 seats for famous women Suggestive plates Tablecloths represent their lives Embroidery, food, and china=women's traditional role ```
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BACKS
``` MAGDELENA ABAKONWICZ slumps backs No gender All individuals from same mold Defeat ```
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AIDS MEMORIAL QUILT
Installations | Quilts of individuals who died from aids
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POSTMODERN
Reaction against modern | Wide variety of styles
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PINK PANTHER
Jeff koons | Weird
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Guerrilla girls
Worked for women's rights in the art world

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