Week 3- Leeds/ public museum

Question 1

What do turners paintings show?

Answer 1

Watercolours show factories, flacks, and kilns.

Question 2

When was Grimshaw born?

Answer 2

1830s in Leeds

Question 3

When was the first ever motion picture made, where and and by who?

Answer 3

1888, Louis Le Prince, Leeds bridge.

Question 4

Leeds was the first city to do what?

Answer 4

Have a fully integrated tram system.

Question 5

How did Leeds profit from the war eras?

Answer 5

Made the materials needed for the war. (?!)

Question 6

What was the first public universal survey museum?

Answer 6

The louvre

Question 7

Decribe German architecture

Answer 7

Mixture of French, English architecture influenced by Neo-Palladian and Rococo.

Question 8

Who said that art history should be its own discipline?

Answer 8

Aloys Hirt

Question 9

Who introduced the idea of a curator as being a professional?

Answer 9

Aloys Hirt

Question 10

Who designed the Altes Museum in Berlin? *

Answer 10

Freiderich Schinkel.

Question 11

How were Arts displayed in the Altes Museum?

Answer 11

Arranged by date and by school. Starting with Renaissance. Wanted close comparisons, so densely hung. Certain works were given prominent positions. Medieval art regulated to 2 sides of room.

Question 12

Where is the Glyptothek?

Answer 12

Munich, Germany.

Question 13

Who designed the Glyptothek? And when?

Answer 13

Klenze. 1616-1830

Question 14

What design did the Glyptothek follow?

Answer 14

Mimicked the form of a Roman house. Had different room shapes, such as ancient Roman bath inspired.

Question 15

What was the first public universal survey museum?

Answer 15

The louvre

Question 16

Decribe German architecture

Answer 16

Mixture of French, English architecture influenced by Neo-Palladian and Rococo.

Question 17

Who said that art history should be its own discipline?

Answer 17

Aloys Hirt

Question 18

Who introduced the idea of a curator as being a professional?

Answer 18

Aloys Hirt

Question 19

What did the universal survey do?

Answer 19

Collected broad artefacts from different historical places and schools.

Question 20

Who originally owned the artefacts in universal survey museum?

Answer 20

They were royal collections. (Now publicly owned)

Question 21

What year was Turner’s ‘leeds’ painted?

Answer 21

1816. First picture of an industrialised city.

Question 22

What did Leeds in 19th century NOT have?

Answer 22

The first gas lit factory in the world.

Question 23

Who used the term ‘ritual’ to describe the museum?

Answer 23

Carol Duncan and Alan Wallach.

Question 24

Why did Carol Duncan and Alan Wallach use the term ritual in relation to the museum?

Answer 24

Because the visitor behaves in a certain way in the museum.

Question 25

What is the a design for? and who is the architect?

Answer 25

The Altes Museum, 1834 by Friederich Schinkel.

Question 26

What does this image show? and what was it designed to be similar to?

Answer 26

The Rodunda inside the Altes museum. Deisgned to be similar to the Pantheon in Rome. Appreciation for the building.

Question 27

What is the building?

Answer 27

The Glypothek. Designed by Klenze.