Schools of Architecture

Question 1

Royal Academy

Answer 1

• founded by Serlio
• late mannerism
• all of Europe went to this School and brought it back with them
• closed down reopened as L’ecole de Beaux Arts

Question 2

L’ecole de Beaux of Arts

Answer 2

• returned to art based education ( Renissance)
• Rebellion against British (French Revolution)

Question 3

Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna (Germany)

Answer 3

• taught Renaissance & Gothic Architecture
• Otto Wagner teachers Renaissance track
• Wagner taught Modern track that foundation for Werkbund

Question 4

Bauhaus

Answer 4

• Gropius founded
• originally taught arts and crafts moved into Modernism
• takes no position on politics
  -believed art shouldn’t be threatened by technology but work with it
• focused on production of making things comfortable for the working class
• Mies head of school later on
  -start of Modernism

Question 5

The Frankfurt School

Answer 5

-formed 1922
-went into exile to US

• 3 main people: Horkheimer, Adorno, Marcuse
• Horkheimer believed in researching working class to highlight problems between history and reason
• Adorno believed in culture of industry; western rationality is a fusion between domination and technological rationality

-Marcuse : Guru of the new lett, one dimensional man