33- Early European Modernism

Question 1

Secession Hall

Answer 1

-Josef Maria Olbrich -Karlsplatz -Vienna, 1897 -decorative detailing is art nouveau -the rest if very mathematical in planes and volumes

Question 2

Steiner House

Answer 2

-Adolf Loos -Vienna, 1910 -absence of applied ornamentation -symmetry of form is not rigid -garden facade is stark and very clear in geometry

Question 3

Villa Muller

Answer 3

-Adolf Loos -Prague, 1929-30 -most complete in Raumplan -all sides have dramatic views of Prague

Question 4

Raumplan

Answer 4

Adolf Loos’ idea of a “space plan”, he wanted to conceive buildings with little ornamentation to fully understand space. -procession through a sequence of spaces

Question 5

Futurism

Answer 5

-Antonio Sant’ Elia- only architect involved -radical movement that began in Italy, founded by Filippo Marinetti -advocated the destruction of Italy’s artistic and cultural past

Question 6

Wassily Kandinksy

Answer 6

(1866-1944) left Russia to study painting in Munich

Question 7

Answer 7

Beach Cabins in Holland

• 1902
• light impressionism
• arrangement of forms

Question 8

Answer 8

Bavarian Mountains

• 1909
• structure is dependent on geometry
• color emphasized composition

Question 9

Answer 9

Improvisation9

• 1910
• line becomes important expressive behicle along with color and shape

Question 10

Answer 10

Composition 2

• 1910
• many figural components

Question 11

Kazimir Malevich

Answer 11

(1878-1935) studied art in Moscow -experimented with cubism and futurism

Question 12

Vladimir Tatlin

Answer 12

-counter reliefs mixed materials like a collage and created space between relationships -Rodchenko coined constructivism by doing that through sculpture -took bold step of translating constructivism into architecture