Readings Flashcards
Nikolaus Pevsner
“Pioneers of Modern Design” 1937
modernism - synthetsis of 1) William Morris and Followers 2) 19th Century engineers 3) ARt Nouveau
form essential background to work of early modernists
rejection of ornament, new materials, commitment to utility, machine age
Colonial Revival in America
Axelrod
Culture and Comfort
Grier
Parlor Furniture
how the design and furnishings of mid-19th century parlor reflected self-image of Victorian middle class
parlors provided public facades for formal occasions
solve ideals American cultures aspired
In Pursuit of Beauty
Aesthetic Movement, Met Exhibition
“art for art sake”
Whistler’s Nocturnes, Tiffany Lamps, Church Olana
The American Renaissance
Brooklyn Museum exhibition
The Decoration of Houses
Edith Wharton & Ogden Codman Jr.
Looking to historical styles of how the elite lived
unification of designs
Machine Age in America
Richard Guy Wilson
art, architecture, photography, film, industrial design between 2 world wars
California Design, Living in a Modern Way
Long
design was answer to present conditions
developed out of preferences for living modern way
outdoor living
LACMA exhibition
RM Schindler, Nuetra, Kem Weber - European emigres
Tastemaking
Alfred Barr
3 aesthetic principles 1) volume 2) regularity over symmetry 3) technical perfection, elegant materials
functionalism very important
new American style emerged WW1
Things American
Jeffrey Trask
1924 American wing, Robert de Forest
Met’s presentation on American history, financial freedom, narrow view of America, flattened regional differences
wide reaching consequences, period rooms
Lamps of Louis C. Tiffany
Eidelberg, Frelinghuysen
Alliance of Arts and Craft
Clara Driscoll - leading designer
different stages, insdustrial like
tiffany signature mark of approval
Vital Forms
Rapaport
Post War “Vital” organic, biomorphic shapes based on nature
Eames
George Washington Slept Here
Marling
1876 Centennial Exposition
