HIST - Opart, Post Modernism, High Tech, Contemporary Styles Flashcards
the recognizable object is totally eliminated in favor of geometric abstraction; artists produce kinetic effects, arrangements of colors, lines and shapes, or some combinations of these elements
Opart
a movement in architecture and decorative arts in reaction to the principles and practices of modernism; encouraging the use of the elements from the historical vernacular styles and often playful illusion, decoration, and complexity
Post Modernism
published the manifesto “Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture;” “Less is a Bore”
Famous Work: Vanna Venturi House
Roberto Venturi
developed a wide-ranging eclecticism in which he abstracted historical forms and emphasized the use of color; he generates an ironic, vision of Classicism in which his buildings have become classical in their mass and order
Famous Work: Public Services Building
Michael Graves
he introduced Modern Style to New York; dubbed International Style
Famous Work: AT&T Building
Philip Johnson
a style that goals to liberate the maximum volume of space inside by positioning all its working - the stairs, lifts, escalators, etc. - outside the interior envelope of the building
High Tech
reveal their structure on the outside as well as the inside but with visual emphasis placed on the internal steel
Structural Expressionism (or High Tech)
shows an uncompromising exploration of technological innovations and forms; designs emphasize the repetition of industrialized “modular” units in which prefabricated off-site-manufactured elements are frequently employed
Norman Foster
his interest in uninterrupted interior spaces has made him an heir to the functionalist tradition; his concern with total flexibility and obvious technical imagery has been termed “Late Modern”
Richard Rogers
investigated the world of machine and the properties of timber, brick, and plywood
Renzo Piano
the first High Tech monument; a modern art gallery; the external positioning of the building’s color-coded service elements maximizes the uninterrupted floor space within
Centre Pompidou by Richard Rogers
curved structures made of glass, stainless steel, and laminated timber
Jean Marie Tijibaou Cultural Center by Renzo Piano
a movement in architecture emphasizing the aesthetic use of basic building processes, especially of cast-in-place concrete, with no apparent concern for visual amenity; derived from the French term, “beton brut” meaning “rough concrete”
Brutalism
evolved from the work of avant-garde artists and designers in Germany and other European countries; distorted shapes, fragmented lines, lack of symmetry, organic and biomorphic forms
Example: Einstein Tower by Erich Mendelsohn
Expressionism
an avant-gardist, modernist approach, but one that starts from the premises of the architectural theorists: Alexander Tzonis, and Liane Lefaivrelt
Example: Sydney Opera House by Jorn Utzon
Regionalism
