Ch 28 - Modernism

Question 1

Ch 28: What movie did we watch in class based on a character named Howard Roark (that was drew inspiration from Frank Lloyd Wright) that captured the message of Modernism: the beauty is the form of the structure itself; any decoration is gratuitous.

Answer 1

The Fountainhead

Question 2

Ch 28: In Modernism, the greatest work of American architecture, according to a survey of architects by the American Institute of Architects, is _______ ________ by this famous American architect.

Answer 2

Falling Water by Frank Lloyd Wright

Question 3

Ch 28: For the first time in architectural history, _________ structures stake their claim in the world of architecture.

Answer 3

residential

Question 4

Ch 28: This dude (one of Chidi Anagonye’s favorites) makes important contributions to the study of aesthetics..

Answer 4

Immanuel Kant

Question 5

Ch 28: High Modern Architectureis characterized by the absence of _________ motifs and forms, the exploration of ________ forms, and the minimal or lack of applied _______.

Answer 5

Classical; abstract; ornamentation.

Question 6

Ch 28: In 1919, Weimar Arts and Crafts School joined Weimar Art Academy to create _________.

Answer 6

Bauhaus.

Question 7

Ch 28: This Frenchie dude said style was “a lie” and that a house is a “machine for the living”.

Answer 7

Le Corbusier

Question 8

Ch 28: Le Corbusier’s house was lifted on pilotis, which are what?

Answer 8

Stilt columns and piles. This MoFo thought he was living in the Keys.

Question 9

Ch 28: In modern architecture, the distinction between indoor space and outdoor space is _______.

Answer 9

Blurred.

Question 10

Ch 28: In 1932, Philip Johnson and Henry-Russell Hitchcock described this style which prohibits applied ornamentation, emphasizes volume instead of mass, and organizes basted on ‘regularity’ instead of symmetry.

Answer 10

International Style.

Question 11

Ch 28: The use of _______ _______ of _______ as exterior walls is one feature of what became known as Mid-Century Modern.

Answer 11

Large panels of glass.

Question 12

Ch 28: Raymond Hood was inspired by Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen’s second-place design for the Tribune Tower to design this iconic complex in Manhattan.

Answer 12

Rockefeller Center

Question 13

Ch 28: What mega-rich businessman said do more with less, which was the essence of modern design?

Answer 13

John D. Rockefeller

Question 14

Ch 28: Abby Rockefeller founded this museum in NYC.

Answer 14

Museum of Modern Art

Question 15

Ch 28: The Johnson Wax Administration Research Tower by Frank L. Wright was influenced by the structure of this.

Answer 15

tree.

Question 16

Ch 28: Which building was NYC’s first all-glass structure?

Answer 16

United Nations Secretariat

Question 17

Ch 28: Which building featured a pure curtain wall who’s namesake is derived from this soap and detergent company?

Answer 17

The Lever House

Question 18

Ch 28: Charles Luckman, the “Boy Wonder of American Business”, was a successful salesman and corporate jerk, but his roots were in what (to which he eventually returned)?

Answer 18

Architecture.

Question 19

Ch 28: This museum, once the home of Louis XIV, has a glass pyramid as its entrance which doesn’t compete with the architecture of the museum itself.

Answer 19

The Louvre

Question 20

Ch 28: In ____-_____ architecture, structural/mechanical components of a building are used as decorative elements and are often exposed.

Answer 20

High-tech