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Aesthetic Flashcards

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During the Victorian era (1837-1901), various reactions developed in

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opposition to the historicism, decorative display, and excess of the prevailing design fashions.

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What was the movement called that was in opposition to the Victorian Era

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Aesthetic movement and/or Arts and Crafts movement

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Where did the aesthetic movement and/or Arts and Crafts movement begin

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Begins in Britain

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Aesthetic movement and/or Arts and Crafts movement transitioned to what in the US

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Eventually generated the Craftsman movement (in the US)

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Aesthetic movement and/or Arts and Crafts movement link to what in the 20th century

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Direct links to the Modernism of the 20th century

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Role of the individual in Aesthetic/ A+C Movement

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The individual becomes increasingly important
The emergence of the celebrity designer

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John Ruskin

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Philosopher, writer, critic (admiration for Gothic work due to the honest use of materials and its emphasis on craftsmanship)

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A+C movement view on Machine-made objects

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(tasteless and garish)

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A+C movement view on hand-made objects

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(honesty in expression of function, material, and technique of production)

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ARTS & CRAFTS DOCTRINE:

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Honesty (material, techniques of production, expression of function)
•Meaningful ornamentation

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Arts and Crafts designers turned into

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craftsmen themselves

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William Morris

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(1834-1896)-graphic designer, textile designer, design firm owner

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Philip Webb

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(1831-1915)-architect

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Christopher Dresser

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(1834-1904)-graphic artist, industrial designer

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Edward W. Goodwin

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(1833-1886)-furniture designer

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Charles Francis Annesley Voysey

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(1857-1941)-architect, furniture designer, graphic designer

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Arts & Crafts Interiors

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Walls were often paneled up to a height of six or seven feet
A frieze, or band of lighter tones, paint or paper introduced a lighter element that suggested openness
Box-like forms
Frosted or colored glass is used to screen the newly introduced electric bulbs
Simple and craft based vocabulary

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The Green Dining Room Date + architects

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1866 Philip Webb, primary designer
William Morris

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The Green Dining Room Features

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Different ornamentation
Detached from historical references
Not representative
Highly stylized

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Wallpaper 1876, William Morris features

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Represents flowers that exist in the world
But doesn’t look exactly real
Highly stylized and turned into a pattern

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The Trellis design for a textile, 1864 William Morris

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3d elements flattened and turned into a pattern
First you see a pattern and then the details

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Red House location + date

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London, 1859-1860

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Red House architect and owner

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Philip Webb designed for William Morris

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Red House features

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House was deigned from inside out
Function of interiors drive design
Not concerned about arch shell
Understand how roof works
Architecture revealed

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Red House Result

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BOTH THE FORMALITIES OF CLASSICISM AND THE PICTURESQUENESS OF THE GOTHIC HAVE BEEN REJECTED

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Red House exterior features

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Plain exterior: Red brick walls and red tiled roof with no ornamentation
Placement of windows and doors are strictly the result of internal function
The pointed arch of an opening is a real arch
The chimneys serve actual fireplaces
Large and small windows relate to the spaces within
The well house on the lawn serves a real water well
Irregular floor plan is a result of functional realities

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Standen location

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England

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Standen Architects

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Philip Webb (Carpet designed by William Morris)

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Hill House Location + Date

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Scotland, 1902-3

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Hill House designer

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Charles Rennie Mackintosh

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Peacock Room Date + Location

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London, 1876-7

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Peacock Room Designers

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Thomas Jeckyll & James McNeill Whistler

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The Orchard date + location

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England, 1900

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The Orchard designer

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Charles Francis Annesley Voysey (1857-1941)

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Standen carpet designer

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William Morris

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Charles Rennie Mackintosh WHO

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Furniture and interior designer
Relies on geometry
No extra material

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Peacock Room interior and use

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Asian inspired interior
Way to display “nick nacks”
Includes ceiling design and lighting

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The Orchard features

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Walls are starting to look bare compared to past interiors
Shows how space functions / is put together

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Trinity Church location + date

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Boston, 1877

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what does Trinity Church show us

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Rethinking religious spaces and their designs

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Trinity Church Architect

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Henry Hobson Richardson

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Gamble House location + date

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Pasadena, California, 1908

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Gamble House

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Greene & Greene

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Design philosophy of Gable House

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Victorian spaces had an emphasis on the vertical
Now transitioning to the horizontal
Some ornamentation, but it has to be meaningful
Entire house reveals how it is constructed - very honest and clear design

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Bourse Date + Location

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Amsterdam 1898-1903

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Bourse designer

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Hendrik Petrus Berlage

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Bourse interior

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Utilitarian space with beauty and design

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Will Bradley date

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(1868-1962)

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Will Bradley who

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Commercial illustrator
Developed designs for Ladies’ Home Journal

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Cabinet, 1861 Designers

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Philip Webb (British, 1831–1915),
Designer; Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co.,
Maker; Sir Edward Burne-Jones (British, 1833–1898), Painter

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Cabinet, 1861 made in + materials

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Made in England
Painted pine, oil paint on leather, brass, copper

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Gustav Stickley date

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(1858-1942)

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Gustav Stickley who

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Leading figure in Arts & Crafts in US

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Harvey Ellis who

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was associated with Stickley’s firm for a brief period

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Harvey Ellis date

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1842-1904

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Mortise and tenon joint

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A mortise and tenon joint connects two pieces of wood or other material. mainly when the adjoining pieces connect at right angles.

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Christopher Dresser who

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Silver-plated teapots
for James Dixon & Sons, c. 1880
Designing of objects
Relationship between human and object
Uses pure geometry

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