24. Bauhaus and de Stijul Flashcards
__________ was the architect invited by Gropius to give the keynote speech at the Bauhaus Week of 1923?
Oud
Name two abstract painters who played a major role in the aesthetic change in the Bauhaus curriculum:
- Mondrian
2. Van Doesburg
What typeface/font was used in Bauhaus publications after the arrival of Moholy-Nagy?
Sans Serif
What two avant-garde artists were credited by Larson as being somewhat responsible for the change in its teaching ideology/pedagogy from Expressionism to Abstract formalism?
Mondrian and van Doesburg
van Doesburg’s term fro the new way he composed space as a continuous, but non-linear flow of space was ____________.
Neo-Plasticism
“Towards a Plastic Architecture” was written by ____________.
Van Doesburg
What was the difference in how Wright approached the design of his interiors and how van Doesburg designed his interiors?
Wright: continuous flow of space
van Doesburg: copied Wright’s forms but didn’t understand reason for them
Neo-Plasticism is a term associated with what movement?
De Stijl
The De Stijl movement received much of its initial impetus from the non-objective paintings by:
Mondrian
Describe the spatial sequence implied in the paintings by Van Doesburg:
continuous free flowing space defined by non-touching planes
Name a De Stijl painter:
Mondrian
The Red-Blue Chair was designed by __________________.
Rietveld
The Schröder House was designed by _____________.
Rietveld
Describe the changes made in the first-year design at the Bauhaus made when Maholy-Nagy replaced Itten as the teacher.
moved from expressionist to machinist style
What was the major design difference between Mies’ Concrete and Brick Country House projects?
Concrete: separate bays, voids in space between
Brick Country: continuous planes/space, voids cut out
The German term that describes the spirit of Mies’ Concrete Office Building of 1923 was ______________________.
Neue Sachlickkeit
The objective of the Vorkurs (foundation course) at the Bauhaus was __________.
give everyone a foundation in design, get everyone on same level
The German term that describes the spirit of Mies’ Concrete Office Building of 1923 was:
Neue Sachlichkeit
What architectural theoretician was responsible for the shift in design theory away from Expressionism at the Weimar Bauhaus?
Maholy-Nagy
Marcel Breuer is best known for the design of the ____________ chair while working at the Bauhaus.
Wassily
The ‘Wassily’ chair was designed by __________.
Breuer
The Dutch architect known for his sachlich housing projects was ___________.
Oud
___________ was the leading theoretician of the De Stijl movement.
van Doesburg
The architect in overall charge of planning the 1927 Weissenhof Siedlung was ____________.
Mies
____________ was the major building type that brought the International Style to the forefront of German design in the 1920s.
apartment housing
When Walter Gropius assembled his faculty for the Bauhaus School, he drew many of them from which field of expertise?
painting
___________ was the director of the trade/design school in Weimar when its name was changed to the Staatliches Bauhaus.
Gropius
The event most responsible for the philosophical switch at the Bauhaus from Expressionism to “The New Architecture” was ______________.
Maholy-Nagy replacing Itten
Define Neue Sachlichkeit.
realism and functionalism with no need of art
Describe Mies’ spatial order in his designs of 1923-1929.
asymmetry and defining space through arrangement of free standing planes within rectilinear order
The Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg Monument was designed by ____________.
Mies
