24. Bauhaus and de Stijul

Question 1

__________ was the architect invited by Gropius to give the keynote speech at the Bauhaus Week of 1923?

Answer 1

Oud

Question 2

Name two abstract painters who played a major role in the aesthetic change in the Bauhaus curriculum:

Answer 2

1. Mondrian

2. Van Doesburg

Question 3

What typeface/font was used in Bauhaus publications after the arrival of Moholy-Nagy?

Answer 3

Sans Serif

Question 4

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?

Answer 4

Mondrian and van Doesburg

Question 5

van Doesburg’s term fro the new way he composed space as a continuous, but non-linear flow of space was ____________.

Answer 5

Neo-Plasticism

Question 6

“Towards a Plastic Architecture” was written by ____________.

Answer 6

Van Doesburg

Question 7

What was the difference in how Wright approached the design of his interiors and how van Doesburg designed his interiors?

Answer 7

Wright: continuous flow of space

van Doesburg: copied Wright’s forms but didn’t understand reason for them

Question 8

Neo-Plasticism is a term associated with what movement?

Answer 8

De Stijl

Question 9

The De Stijl movement received much of its initial impetus from the non-objective paintings by:

Answer 9

Mondrian

Question 10

Describe the spatial sequence implied in the paintings by Van Doesburg:

Answer 10

continuous free flowing space defined by non-touching planes

Question 11

Name a De Stijl painter:

Answer 11

Mondrian

Question 12

The Red-Blue Chair was designed by __________________.

Answer 12

Rietveld

Question 13

The Schröder House was designed by _____________.

Answer 13

Rietveld

Question 14

Describe the changes made in the first-year design at the Bauhaus made when Maholy-Nagy replaced Itten as the teacher.

Answer 14

moved from expressionist to machinist style

Question 15

What was the major design difference between Mies’ Concrete and Brick Country House projects?

Answer 15

Concrete: separate bays, voids in space between

Brick Country: continuous planes/space, voids cut out

Question 16

The German term that describes the spirit of Mies’ Concrete Office Building of 1923 was ______________________.

Answer 16

Neue Sachlickkeit

Question 17

The objective of the Vorkurs (foundation course) at the Bauhaus was __________.

Answer 17

give everyone a foundation in design, get everyone on same level

Question 18

The German term that describes the spirit of Mies’ Concrete Office Building of 1923 was:

Answer 18

Neue Sachlichkeit

Question 19

What architectural theoretician was responsible for the shift in design theory away from Expressionism at the Weimar Bauhaus?

Answer 19

Maholy-Nagy

Question 20

Marcel Breuer is best known for the design of the ____________ chair while working at the Bauhaus.

Answer 20

Wassily

Question 21

The ‘Wassily’ chair was designed by __________.

Answer 21

Breuer

Question 22

The Dutch architect known for his sachlich housing projects was ___________.

Answer 22

Oud

Question 23

___________ was the leading theoretician of the De Stijl movement.

Answer 23

van Doesburg

Question 24

The architect in overall charge of planning the 1927 Weissenhof Siedlung was ____________.

Answer 24

Mies

Question 25

____________ was the major building type that brought the International Style to the forefront of German design in the 1920s.

Answer 25

apartment housing

Question 26

When Walter Gropius assembled his faculty for the Bauhaus School, he drew many of them from which field of expertise?

Answer 26

painting

Question 27

___________ was the director of the trade/design school in Weimar when its name was changed to the Staatliches Bauhaus.

Answer 27

Gropius

Question 28

The event most responsible for the philosophical switch at the Bauhaus from Expressionism to “The New Architecture” was ______________.

Answer 28

Maholy-Nagy replacing Itten

Question 29

Define Neue Sachlichkeit.

Answer 29

realism and functionalism with no need of art

Question 30

Describe Mies’ spatial order in his designs of 1923-1929.

Answer 30

asymmetry and defining space through arrangement of free standing planes within rectilinear order

Question 31

The Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg Monument was designed by ____________.

Answer 31

Mies