Ch 27 - Proto-Modernism

Question 1

Ch 27: Protomoderism is also called what?

Answer 1

Early Modern Architecture

Question 2

Ch 27: Protomodernism is a traditional period characterized by use of some ______ elements, but expressing an expanding degree of _______ ________.

Answer 2

Classical; creative/artistic freedom.

Question 3

Ch 27: Robert Owen sought to create _________ with New Lanark where people lived in a crime free and poverty free city.

Answer 3

Utopia

Question 4

Ch 27: Open areas of green land in between buildings were called this.

Answer 4

Green belts.

Question 5

Ch 27: This artsy fartsy movement was a response to the Industrial Age.

Answer 5

the Arts and Crafts movement.

Question 6

Ch 27: This highly personal and experiential style where organic or free forms dominated the art in architecture was practiced by Gaudi the gaudy mother fucker.

Answer 6

Art Nouveau

Question 7

Ch 27: Art Nouveau was known as the __________ style in the US.

Answer 7

Tiffany

Question 8

Ch 27: Describe the Temple de la Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain. What is its plan (what kind of cross)?

Answer 8

It is the absolute fugliest, shit-caked, vomit-inducing, “Tim Burton a la Nightmare Before Christmas” Gothic-inspired structure human beings have ever created in all of history. Its plan is a Latin cross.

Question 9

Ch 27: Gaudi created a catenary / funicular arch which allowed buildings to achieve great height without the need for __________. How are the curves formed?

Answer 9

Buttressing. The curves are formed by holding a string by two ends, then ‘flipping’ that shape upside down.

Question 10

Ch 27: Gaudi’s shitty Sagrada Familia has 18 towers: 12 bell towers for the apostles, and 6 _________ - towers with openings that illuminate the interior.

Answer 10

Cimborios

Question 11

Ch 27: The free-flowing nature of the walls and balconies Gaudi designed were dubbed ________.

Answer 11

Plastic.

Question 12

Ch 27: Mackintosh, who founded the Glasgow School of Art, had had enough of the _________ style of architecture.

Answer 12

classical

Question 13

Ch 27: This movement of mainly artists, such as Picaso, abstracted familiar forms and re-amassed into a new composition.

Answer 13

Cubism

Question 14

Ch 27: This style, AKA Style Moderne, sought to “streamline” design and make it look futuristic.

Answer 14

Art Deco

Question 15

Ch 27: The coolest Art Deco building in Manhattan was designed by William Van Allen for a motor company.

Answer 15

The Chrysler Building.