De Steiji and Bauhaus Flashcards
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Pieter Cornelius (Piet) Mondrian (1872-1944, Dutch), Composition in Red, Yellow and Blue.
- Oil on canvas. Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Netherlands.
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Mondrian, The Red Tree.
- Oil on canvas. Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Netherlands.
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Mondrian, The Grey Tree.
- Oil on canvas. Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Netherlands.
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Mondrian, Blossoming Apple Tree.
- Oil on canvas. Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Netherlands.
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Vilmos Huszár (1884-1960, Hungarian), Front Cover for DeStijl newspaper.
c. 1918.
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- Photos of Gerrit Thomas Rietveld (1888-1964, Dutch), and Truus Schröder-Schräder (1889-1985, Dutch).
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- Rietveld, Schröder House.
- Utrecht, Netherlands. (Sometimes referred to as the Schröder-Schräder House.)
- She wanted complete reduction and abstraction
- open space seen and heard by children (exposure) - radical idea
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Rietveld, Schröder House.
- Utrecht, Netherlands. (Sometimes referred to as the Schröder-Schräder House.)
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- Rietveld, Schröder House. Interior
- Utrecht, Netherlands. (Sometimes referred to as the Schröder-Schräder House.)
- influence of Japanese screen - reconfiguring space
- bed should be able to fit into the room in at lest two different directions
- each room should have water supply and drainage
- each room should have a door to give an access to outside
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Rietveld, Schröder House. Dining Room
- Utrecht, Netherlands. (Sometimes referred to as the Schröder-Schräder House.)
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Rietveld, Schröder House. Study
- Utrecht, Netherlands.
- absolute abstraction and simplication of furniture
- space can be reconfigurable
- Bauhaus, International style
- Thomas Jefferson - Academic village, Bauhaus - guellatarinism
- efficiency
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Rietveld, Red and Blue Chair.
- Painted beechwood. LACMA
- abstraction
- paring down of the form of the chair
- Theory as a chair, Chair as a theory
- paring down to absolute basic, corner stones
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Rietveld, Zig Zag chair.
- Wood. Museum of Modern Art, New York.
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Rietveld, Schröder Table.
- Painted beechwood.
* inexpensive materials
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Rietveld, Utrecht chair.
1920s.
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Rietveld, sideboard.
- Stained beech wood and veneered plywood
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Rietveld, hanging lamp.
- Wood, glass, and tubular bulbs. Museum of Modern Art, New York.
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Robert van’t Hoff (1887-1979, Dutch), Henny House.
- Huis-ter-Heide, Netherlands.
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- Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud (1890-1963, Dutch), Color draft for the façade of the Café De Unie (in Rotterdam).
- Nederlands Documentatiecentrum voor de Bouwkunst, Amsterdam.
- basic color