History Movements Overview

Question 1

1. Arts and crafts

Answer 1

Backlash against industrial revolution. Revived an interest in handicrafts and sought a spiritual connection with the environment. Decoration was used to enhance a design and never as decoration alone. They were striving to recreate the beauty of medieval crafts. Organic, handcrafted, minimum adornment

Question 2

2. Art Nouveau

Answer 2

Decorative, organic, feminine quality, styalisation, whiplash

Question 3

3. De Stijl

Answer 3

Anstract, geometric, no individualism, logic, ordered

Question 4

4. Bauhaus

Answer 4

Simplified, geometric, form follows function, basic form, colour & composition

Question 5

5. Art Deco

Answer 5

Stylised, geometric, decorative, glamorous, streamlined, exotic, colour used sparingly

Question 6

6. Modernism

Answer 6

Formal, less is more, geometric, mass production, tear drops form, grid like buildings, truth to materials, experimentation

Question 7

7. Scandinavian

Answer 7

Simple, elegant, neutral or bright colours, organic, affordable, minamilistic, abstract