History People

Question 1

designed The Klismis-group of reproductions of Greek furniture pieces take from depictions on archaeological artifacts

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T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings

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first century Roman architect; correct classic proportions

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Vitruvius

Question 3

designed the Parthenon

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Ictinus and Callicrates*

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sculptor for the sculptures on the Parthenon

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Phidias*

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19th cent british collect who took much of the original sculptures from Parthenon to Britain

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Lord Elgin *

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Middle Ages; post-renaissance scholar; first to apply term “Gothic”

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Vasari*

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renaissance; stonecutter-turned-architect; some public buildings but focused mainly on design of villas for wealthy farmers; Villa Rotonda

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Andrea Paladio*

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Baroque; great English designer; studied Baroque designs and simplified them even more; also, classical style of renaissance began to be widely accepted in England due to his work; Surveyor of the King’s Works (royal architect)

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Sir Christopher Wren*

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Georgian; popular during this early Georgian; remained popular today

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Queen Anne

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late Georgian; “A Book of Architecture” which had floor plans, drawings of houses, etc. that needed little or no architectural training

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James Gibbs*

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late Georgian; Chippendale furniture; “The Gentlemen and Cabinet-Maker’s Director” featured 160 plates with drawings of furniture pieces

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Thomas Chippendale

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Federal; British architect who influence Federal; created Neoclassical from drawings of ancient Roman and Renaissance design he saw in Pompeii and Herculaneum

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Robert Adam

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Boston architect of Federal; work was widely copied in pattern books

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Charles Bullfinch*

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Boston architect of Federal; skilled carver; work reflected the master’s touch

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Samuel McIntire*

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Federal; Neoclassical style; “The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer’s Guide” which contained furniture designs inspired by the work of Robert Adam; often associated with sheraton

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George Hepplewhite

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Federal; Neoclassical style; “The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer’s Drawing Book” was filled with variations of Hepplewhite’s designs; often associated with Hepplewhite

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Thomas Sheraton

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Jeffersonian Federal; designs represented an important divergent style of the federal period; based his work on designs of classical Rome

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Thomas Jefferson*

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American Empire; a Scottish cabin maker who work in New York; famous for his delicate Regency-style (American Empire) furniture; Often incorporated the lyre or harp as a prominent motif

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Duncan Phyfe

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American Empire; vernacular design; Hitchcock chair; Connecticut Designer; shows the influence of Duncan Phyfe and English Regency designs and is characterized by its black pained finish, turned legs, rush or cane seat, and gold stenciled fruit and flower decoration

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Lambert Hitchcock

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Victorian; advocated Gothic Revival; Englishman; “Hints on Household Taste” that discussed furniture of good taste based on Medieval and Japanese influences

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Charles Eastlake

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Victorian; Rococo Revival; created heavily carved pieces of furniture from laminated rosewood and his name is often associated with the Rococo Revival style

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John Henry Belter

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religious group whose beliefs included the design of furniture free from excessive decorations

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Shakers

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Modern (Skyscraper) design; master of skyscraper; chicago architect; “form follows function;”

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Louis Sullivan*

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Modern design; art nouveau; designed the Prague chair; member of Vienna Secession and founding member of its offshoot, the Wiener Werkstatte (Vienna Workshop)

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Josef Hoffmann

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Modern design; art nouveau; the Hill chair and Argyle Chair that are striking perpendicular; Scotsman;

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Charles Rennie Mackintosh

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Modern Design; craftsman style; developed craftsman; California architects; known as Greene and Greene or the Greene brothers

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Charles and Henry Greene*

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Modern Design; craftsman; rejected machine construction and advocated simple hand-craftsmanship; Founder of Arts and Crafts Movement

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William Morris*

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Modern Design; craftsman; rejected machine construction and advocated simple hand-craftsmanship

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John Ruskin*

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Modern design; Organic; considered most important architect; successfully broke the cycle of historically styled design typical of the Victorian age; Fallingwater home

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Frank Lloyd Wright

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Modern design; International style; introduced style into mainstream of American design; organized the first exhibit of modern architecture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and published a book, “The International Style” with Henry-Russell Hitchcock; glass house

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Philip Johnson*

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Modern design; International style; introduced style into mainstream of American design; organized the first exhibit of modern architecture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and published a book, “The International Style” with Philip Johnson

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Henry-Russell Hitchcock*

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Modern design; international style; designed Wassily lounge chair; important artist and Bauhaus faculty member; considered one of world’s finest designers

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Wassily Kandinsky

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Modern design; international style; designed the Grand and Petit Confort chairs; better known as Le Corbusier

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Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris

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Modern design, international style; designed Brno chair; Farnsworth house

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Mies van der Rohe*

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Modern design; Scandinavian and Midcentury; designed armchair 406; from Finland

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Alvar Aalto

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Modern design; Scandinavian and Midcentury; created the Pedestal group; was a significant design of a furniture collection without the traditional four legs

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Eero Saarinen

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Modern design; Scandinavian and Midcentury; from Denmark; designed THE chair which is the epitome of fine craftsmanship

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Hans Wegner

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Modern design; Scandinavian and Midcentury; Danish architect; designed the Number Seven chair; one of the most successful designs in Danish furniture history

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Arne Jacobsen

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Modern design; Scandinavian and Midcentury; designed the Eames lounge chair; widely accepted and copied

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Charles and Ray Eames

Question 40

Modern design; Scandinavian and Midcentury; Italian born; designed the Bertoia Wire Group; is a sculptural approach to seating deisgn

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Harry Bertoia

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Modern design; Scandinavian and Midcentury; architect and designer; designed the Platner chair; “graceful, decorative design… that enhances the person in it.”

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Warren Platner