Design styles and movements Flashcards
What time period did arts and crafts take place in
1850-1920
What are the key features of arts and crafts?
Appreciation for the beauty of materials by highlighting the unique nature of materials (e.g the grain of wood)
Hand production using craft skills, a reaction to the industrial revolution
Who were the major contributors to arts and crafts?
Richard Norman Shaw
CFA Voysey
William Morris
What are the key features of Art deco?
Sunburst Motifs
Ziggurat (stepped pyramids)
Simple geometric methods
Who were the key contributors to Art deco?
Clarice cliff
Eideen gray
Walter Dorwin Teague
What time period did art deco take place in
1920s and 1920s
What time period did modernism(bauhaus) take place in
1919-1933
What were the key features of modernism(bauhaus)?
Geometrically pure forms
Embracing the machine age
Form follows function
Everyday products for everyday people, designing for the mass,making products affordable to all
Who were the key contributors to Modernism(Bauhaus)?
Marianne Brandt
Walter Gropius
Mies van Der Rohe
What time period did modernism(De Stijl) take place in
1917-1931
What were the key features of modernism(De stijl)?
Black,white and primary colors
Vertical and horizontal forms
Pure geometric forms
Who were the key contributors to Modernism(De Stijl)?
J.J Poud
Piet mondrian
Theo Van Desburg
Robert Vant Hoff
What time period did streamlining take place in
1920s-1945
What are the key features of streamlining?
Flowing curves
Chrome detailing
Who were the key contributors to Streamlining?
Rayomond Loewy
norman bel geddes
Henry Dreyfuss
