Quiz 2 Flashcards

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Reductionism

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Simplify down to essentials needed to communicate a period. Making a form simpler to construct.

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Fraktur – Decorated documents

PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN

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Fraktur – Decorated documents

  • Heart motif
  • Tulip Motif

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Pennsylvania German motifs

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  • Birds
  • Tulips
  • Hearts
  • Houses
  • Hex sign
  • Swastica
  • Angels
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Chest

  • Unicorn motif
  • Given to child when age 14
  • Holds dowry, frakturs inside lid
  • Also used as seating

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Hex sign

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Candle Boxes

  • Tulip motif
  • Painted

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Schrank

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Hutch

  • Curved detail in side elevation
  • flat top, straight elements

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Plank chairs

  • Social influence: not comfortable because hardworking people do not prioritize sitting
  • Heart motif

PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN

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Barns

  • Hex, horse motifs painted on building

PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN

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Bedroom

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Fraktur style dining room

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Shaker dates

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1800 - 1860

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Built-in drawers

  • Do not have to clean around pieces of furniture
  • Keeps things out of sight / away from dust and mold

SHAKER

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Shaker philosophy

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The Millennial Laws – Shaker’s philosophy in life and design:

  • Simplicity - Objects should not “…. feed the pride and vanity of man”
  • Utility - “Anything many be called perfect which perfectly answers the purpose for which it was designed,” “Beauty rests on utility”
  • Communal character
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Chair

  • Flame-like finial
  • Simple
  • High quality construction

SHAKER

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Bed

  • Put on casters so that they can be easily moved and cleaned under

SHAKER

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Bentwood rocking chair

SHAKER

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Shaker peg rail

  • Value cleanliness because many unrelated people live together with no running water
  • Pegs make it easy to clean floors

SHAKER

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Spider leg table

SHAKER

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Exposed dovetail

  • No nails / metal
  • high quality

SHAKER

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Chest

SHAKER

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Sewing stand and stool

  • Wooden knobs blend in
  • Education was not a priority, so not many desks
  • Community influence: may be used by two people at a time

SHAKER

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Sisters' workroom - Sewing table used by two people at time SHAKER
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Dining room - All chair the same - sense of community SHAKER
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Table swift - Used to string yarns of wool SHAKER
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Tailor counter SHAKER
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Wash shop - Clothes are washed by people in the community SHAKER
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American Victorian - Gothic Revival and Elizabethan dates:
1840 - 1880
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American Victorian revivals
- Gothic - Rococo - Renaissance No consistency in historical basis / Eclecticism
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Qualities of American Victorian Gothic revival
- Freed designers from Greek revivals’ strictness - Ecclesiastical message
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A rendering of the House of Parliament, 1836 English draftsman - Augustus Charles Pugin ENGLISH GOTHIC REVIVAL
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Caricature of Gothic furniture by English draftsman, Augustus Charles Pugin ENGLISH GOTHIC REVIVAL - pointed arch - trefoil / quatrefoil - tracery - verticality
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Forces at work: American Victorian Gothic Revival / Elizabethan
* *Industrial revolution** - Middle-class, hard-working families - New wealth, status conscious customers * *Population changes** - Increase - Rural-urban migration * *Home decorating becomes a woman’s domain** - Design education - Formal training - Magazines - Designers
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Implications for design: American Victorian: Gothic Revival / Elizabethan
* *Many styles to choose from** - No consistency in historical basis **Status conscious consumers** **Women in charge of decoration** * *Demand for comfort** - Overstuffed furniture pieces * *Eclecticism** - Different rooms of the house had different styles of furniture and design - Different materials as well! Eg, Iron, Papier mache, Bentwood, Wicker
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Rose window - Tracery AMERICAN VICTORIAN: GOTHIC REVIVAL
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Floorplan for **Faculty Residences, Virginia Military Institute** - asymmetrical (people were tired of symmetry) - strong diagonal, *applied selectively* AMERICAN VICTORIAN: GOTHIC REVIVAL
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Furniture characteristics: American Victorican: Gothic Revival and Elizabethan
- Embellished with tracery and other Gothic carving - Rose window and pointed arch are typical motifs - Traditional – not so innovative - Simplified production to be easily manufactured
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elevation of the Lyndhurst by Alexander Jackson Davis - verticality - more windows closer to roof line AMERICAN VICTORIAN: GOTHIC REVIVAL
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Lyndhurst - Alexander Jackson Davis AMERICAN VICTORIAN: GOTHIC REVIVAL
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Lyndhurst’s picture gallery AMERICAN VICTORIAN: GOTHIC REVIVAL
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Lyndhurst’s library AMERICAN VICTORIAN: GOTHIC REVIVAL
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Lyndhurst’s bedrooms - Tall, massive space - Huge beds - Some color AMERICAN VICTORIAN: GOTHIC REVIVAL
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William Rotch House - “Painted Cottage” - Alexander Jackson Davis house design - Carpenter Gothic style - pointed arches - wood tracery now possible due to saw invention AMERICAN VICTORIAN: GOTHIC REVIVAL
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Chair - Tracery - Pointed arch - deer's hooves feet - Alexander Jackson Davis AMERICAN VICTORIAN: GOTHIC REVIVAL
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Octagonal table AMERICAL VICTORIAN: GOTHIC REVIVAL
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Alexander Jackson Davis chair - stretcher looks like buttresses AMERICAN VICTORIAN: GOTHIC REVIVAL
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Wheel-back chair - Alexander Jackson Davis AMERICAN VICTORIAN: GOTHIC REVIVAL
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Andrew Jackson Downing – Cottage residences - asymmetrical plan AMERICAN VICTORIAN: GOTHIC REVIVAL
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Andrew Jackson Downing – Cottage residences - Formal/Public in the front, private in the back AMERICAN VICTORIAN: GOTHIC REVIVAL
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Andrew Jackson Downing – Timber cottage villa AMERICAN VICTORIAN: GOTHIC REVIVAL
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Wedding Cake House AMERICAN VICTORIAN: GOTHIC REVIVAL
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Carson Mansion AMERICAN VICTORIAN: GOTHIC REVIVAL
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Andrew Jackson Downing – LeDuc mansion AMERICAN VICTORIAN: GOTHIC REVIVAL
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Sunnyside - Achieves pointed arch by stacking - more affordable AMERICAN VICTORIAL: ELIZABETHAN
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Dining room at sunnyside AMERICAN VICTORIAN: ELIZABETHAN
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Platform rocker - Turnings are more affordable ELIZABETHAN
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ELIZABETHAN
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American Victorian - Rococo Revival dates
1840 - 1870
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Forces at work - American Victorian Rococo Revival
- Industrial revolution - Population changes - Home decorating becomes a woman’s domain - Design education
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Crystal Palace - celebrates structure / supports - popularized cast iron AMERICAN VICTORIAN - ROCOCO REVIVAL
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Carved walnut chair Examples from the Great Exhibition - Elaborate: carved all the way through / 3D AMERICAN VICTORIAN ROCOCO REVIVAL
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American Victorian: Rococo Revival implications for design
- Many styles to choose from (No consistency in historical basis) - Status conscious consumers - Women in charge of decoration - Demand for comfort (Overstuffed furniture pieces) - Eclecticism: Different rooms of the house had different styles of furniture and design, Different materials as well! (Iron, Papier mache, Bentwood, Wicker, horn)
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What rooms utilized Rococo and Renaissance revival more than other rooms
Bedrooms and parlors
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Laminated rosewood arm chair
- Exaggerated curves - Larger, deeper, more life-like carving - Balloon shaped back pinched at the waist - Overstuffed upholstery - Cabriole legs - Hoof foot - Symbol of hierarchy - Status chair reserved for Men
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Parlor set - symbol of wealth Rococo revival - Arm chair - Lady's chair - Sofa - Four parlor chairs Size of chairs relate to hierarchical importance
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Triple-arch sofa - alternating C-scrolls - sofas are symbols of hospitality and friendship - upholstery and buttoning as status symbol AMERICAN VICTORIAN ROCOCO REVIVAL
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Serpentine sofa AMERICAL VICTORIAN ROCOCO
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MEDALLION SIDE CHAIRS - fluidity of seat AMERICAN VICTORIAN ROCOCO REVIVAL
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Rococo revival chair - pinched back - serpentine seat - overstuffed seat - cabriole legs - hoof foot
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Center table - An emblem of the family circle (top is a circle) - Parlor table (not dining) - marble tops - grapes - arched stretchers with finial AMERICAN VICTORIAN ROCOCO REVIVAL
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Pier Table - C-scrolls - arched stretcher - finial AMERICAN VICTORIAN ROCOCO REVIVAL
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Étagère or what-not - used to display prized family possesions - used by women AMERICAN VICTORIAN ROCOCO REVIVAL
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Astral lamp AMERICAN VICTORIAN ROCOCO
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- Atrsal lamp - Carpeting - Étagère - Heavy wall paper AMERICAN VICTORIAN ROCOCO
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AMERICAN VICTORIAN ROCOCO REVIVAL BEDROOM Lincoln bedroom - Carved bedsteads with tall headboards - No need for the four-poster bed due to central heat! - No need for highboys since houses have built- in closets!
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Canopy bed - buttons AMERICAN VICTORIAN ROCOCO REVIVAL
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Rosewood dressing table AMERICAN VICTORIAN ROCOCO REVIVAL
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Garden Bench - c-scrolls - s-scrolls - look of carving AMERICAN VICTORIAN ROCOCO
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Papier-mâché chair - most examples not longer exist due to quality of glue - created beauce victorian era valued experimentation and innovation - mother of pearl inlay and painting AMERICAN VICTORIAN ROCOCO REVIVAL
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Whorled foot AMERICAN VICTORIAN ROCOCO REVIVAL
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Bentwood furniture Thoney brothers advertisement - catalogues / mas production AMERICAN VICTORIAN ROCOCO REVIVAL
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Bentwood rocker Thonet Brothers AMERICAN VICTORIAN ROCOCO REVIVAL
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Bentwood Chair - mass manufactured AMERICAN VICTORIAN ROCOCO REVIVAL
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Wicker furniture - More common for garden or sunroom AMERICAN VICTORIAN ROCOCO REVIVAL
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American Victorian: Renaissance Revival DATES
1850-1880
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Armchair - Triangular drop shape on skirt - Tassel projections on the crest – look like ears - Arm rests are separated from the back, fooling expectations - Back of the chair floats - Human-like arm supports AMERICAN VICTORIAN RENAISSANCE REVIVAL
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American Victorian Renaissance Revival qualities
- Triangular shapes - Novelty / boldness / surprise / contrast - Cater to the middle class - Ebonized wood
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Sideboard MOTIFS: Columns, rosettes, flowers and fruit, ormolu, cartouches, medallions, plaques and cameo inserts, urns, caryatids, scrolls, classical busts, animal heads AMERICAN VICTORIAN RENAISSANCE REVIVAL
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Cameo A gem or a shell carved in relief, especially when the raised design and background have contrasting colors. - Satisfies Victorians’ love of the unexpected AMERICAN VICTORIAN RENAISSANCE REVIVAL
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Sideboard - Ionic capital - Veneers / inlays - Plaques - porcelain, bronze, mother of pearl - inlaid or applied AMERICAN VICTORIAN RENAISSANCE REVIVAL
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SOFA - finials - triangular pediment - ears - inset cameo - tapering leg with ring on the cuff - triangular drops on the seat rail AMERICAN VICTORIAN RENAISSANCE REVIVAL
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ARMCHAIRS - triangular drop - cuffed legs - more angular than rococo AMERICAN VICTORIAN RENAISSANCE REVIVAL
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Sofa - back divided into three parts AMERICAN VICTORIAN RENAISSANCE REVIVAL
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Bed - Headboard recalls church façade - Walnut was the most popular wood - pine and ash were also used for less expensive pieces. - Footboard grows in importance - Monumental proportions exhibit the Victorian penchant for conspicuous consumption AMERICAN VICTORIAN RENAISSANCE REVIVAL
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Eastlake
The “Brown Decades” 1870-1890
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Pedestal - more affordable (Eastlake was a period of 20 years in recession) - machine made (not a carver) resulting in more **straight lines**, turnings, etching EASTLAKE
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``` “Hints on Household Taste” Hanging Press (1878) By Charles Locke Eastlake ``` - Popularizer of Morris’ (Arts+Crafts) ideas - He criticized poor construction, overblown designs, and the ornate decoration of Victorian furniture *Nationalistic battles* France versus England // Curve versus straight line
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Library bookcase EASTLAKE
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DRAWING ROOM SOFA EASTLAKE
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ARMCHAIR - spindles / turnings (inexpensive interest) - straightness incisions instead of carvings EASTLAKE
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PARLOR SET - Simplified turning - Low relief carving - Spindles on the crest rail - Flattened crest rail EASTLAKE
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Variations of the Grecian couch - Less curves - more rectangular - turned finials EASTLAKE
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Fall-front desk - (c. 1880) - Marquetry flowers and leaves (decorative pattern of thin sheets of wood fixed on the surface) - Ebonized wood (cuts cost down and enables use of woods like pine) EASTLAKE
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Eastlake DATES
1870-1890
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Art Nouveau dates
1890-1915
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Art Nouveau: guiding values
Freedom, honesty, and simplicity! - An end to historicism and nationalism - Counteracting capitalism Simple furniture and honest construction might lead to honesty and simplicity in everyday life Furniture and interiors becomes a vehicle for social reform
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Two different kinds of Art Nouveau
Geometric vs. Curved
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What did Van Gogh contribute to Art Nouveau?
Whiplash line
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Universal forms that inspired art nouveau
nature and geometry
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Victor Horta house in Brussels, Belgium "Portrait Houses" ART NOUVEAU
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Victor Horta house in Brussels, Belgium - avoid 90 degree angles - sometimes skylight places over stairs "Portrait Houses" ART NOUVEAU
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Victor Horta house in Brussels, Belgium "Portrait Houses" - Natural light and mirrors optimize the effect of a coninuous series of spaces - Gold used ART NOUVEAU
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Victor Horta dining room in Brussels, Belgium "Portrait Houses" - Color unifies the room - White enameled brick on the walls – honesty!!!!! - Wood-parquet and mosaic floors - Exposing the supports! - Light with windows - Elegant, light, unpretentious ART NOUVEAU
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Victor Horta Bed - Looks like butterfly - influenced by nature - No 90 degree angles ART NOUVEAU
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Tassel House - Brussels, Belgium - Victor Horta - more pronounced curved lines in balcony, railings ART NOUVEAU
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Tassel house - Victor Horta - Central stair as organizing element - Limited walls - as many openings and as far of views as possible - Flowing spaces - heralding a modern idea! ART NOUVEAU
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Tassel house - Brussels, Belgium - Victor Horta Section shows open feeling within home ART NOUVEAU
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Plan of mosaic pattern on the floor Tassel house Victor Horta - Lines spill from staircase onto floor ART NOUVEAU
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Tassel house Brussels, Belgium - Melding the ideas of structural, architectural, and ornamental into one - Warm colors - lines move from rails to floor and walls ART NOUVEAU
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Chairs - Belgium - Natural shape / butterfly shape - Space between skirt and seat ART NOUVEAU
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Paris Metro Station HECTOR GUIMARD - Iron, glass ART NOUVEAU
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Casa Batllo, Barcelona Antoni Gaudi - Constructed like a creature ART NOUVEAU
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Second floor plan – expressiveness and fluidity Casa Batllo Antoni Gaudi Barcelona ART NOUVEAU
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Apartment interior: Casa Batllo - Undulating ceilings - exuberant curves - biomorphic furniture Antoni Gaudi, Barcelona ART NOUVEAU
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Gaudi biomorphic chair ART NOUVEAU
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Hill House Helensburgh, Scotland - Charles Rennie Mackintosh - Geometric Art Nouveau - A spare and austere version Little squares in windows ART NOUVEAU
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Hill House Helensburgh, Scotland - Charles Rennie Mackintosh - Geometric Art Nouveau - Darkness contrast with the lightness of bedrooms - little squares in table legs, light fixtures, mosaic floors ART NOUVEAU
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Hill House Helensburgh, Scotland - Charles Rennie Mackintosh - Geometric Art Nouveau - A spare and austere version Little squares Women were demanding more rights, including less cluttered interiors to take care of. ART NOUVEAU
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Hill House Chair and cabinets Helensburgh, Scotland - Charles Rennie Mackintosh - Geometric Art Nouveau - A spare and austere version - Little squares - Verticality ART NOUVEAU
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Argyle chair - back continues to the floor - oval at top of back, repeated at back base ART NOUVEAU
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Mackintosh's roses - influenced by Mackintosh's wife, Margaret Macdonald (artist) ART NOUVEAU
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Gesso Painting with Glass Beads - Willow Tea Room Glasgow (1903) By Margaret Macdonald (Mackintosh’s wife) ART NOUVEAU
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Secession House Vienna, Austria Joseph Maria Olbrich - Where people would assemble. They hoped to change the world. ART NOUVEAU
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Secession House Vienna, Austria Joseph Maria Olbrich Little squares everywhere GEOMETRIC ART NOUVEAU
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Secession House Vienna, Austria Joseph Maria Olbrich ART NOUVEAU
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Gustav Klimt - Eroticism - Nudity ART NOUVEAU
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Louis Comfort Tiffany Dragon Fly table lamp - naturalistic motifs ART NOUVEAU
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Louis Sullivan National Farmers Bank, Owatonna, MN - little squares - geometric profile - naturalistic motifs in elaborated tile ART NOUVEAU
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Casa Mila, multifamily housing Antonio Gaudi, Barcelona ART NOUVEAU
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Sagrada Familia church – Antoni Gaudi ART NOUVEAU
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Glasgow School of Art Scotland ART NOUVEAU
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Willow Tea Room Glasgow An atmosphere of luxury Charles Rennie Mackintosh ART NOUVEAU
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Willow chair – 1904 - By Mackintosh 1) Designed for the porter at the Willow Tea Room 2) Back alludes to a willow tree! ART NOUVEAU
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Bassett-Lowke’s guest bedroom ART NOUVEAU
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Post Office Savings Bank Vienna Otto Wagner Father of the Viennese avant-garde ART NOUVEAU
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Palais Stoclet Brussels Designed by Wiener Werkstatte – Joseph Hoffman and Koloman Moser ART NOUVEAU
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Chair by Josef Hoffman ART NOUVEAU
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Sgraffito, Cauchie House Belgium ART NOUVEAU
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Seed shop France ART NOUVEAU
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Hannon Hotel Belgium ART NOUVEAU
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Ciamberlani’s Window House Belgium ART NOUVEAU
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Hotel Central Prague ART NOUVEAU
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Hotel Europa Prague PRAGUE
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Villa Henlenka Prague ART NOUVEAU
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Arts and Crafts years
1861 - 1925
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Desires that guided Arts & Crafts
Same as art nouveau - honesty, simplicity, uninhibited
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"Arts and crafts" and "Art Nouveau" are
movements
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Stickley stool ARTS AND CRAFTS
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Qualities of Arts and Crafts:
- Simplicity of design - Honesty of contruction (exposed pegs) - Functionalism (well constructed)
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John Ruskin - Art Critic / intellectual - inspired arts and crafts movement - Wrote "The Stones of Venice" & "The Seven Lamps of Architecture" - Reacted against revivalism - Popularized art and appealed to middle class - Tied past to the present (in a new way) - Advocated truth to materials - Enjoyment in the making - Preservation for future generations - Art is a public concern. No nation can ignore it without endangering its social existence
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William Morris - Designer Followed Ruskin's ideas - Warned of the dangers of industrialization – it separates the worker from the pleasure of design, resulting in poorly designed products - Called for a return to hand craftsmanship and to making good design available to the masses - Improving society through good design - Painter, architect, designer, craftsman, writer, book-maker, socialist crusader - worked to provide goods for all classes - made windows, metal work, furniture, embroideries, textiles
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Morris and Company ARTS AND CRAFTS
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Sussex chair William Morris and Co. ARTS AND CRAFTS
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The Arming of a knight William Morris and Co. ARTS AND CRAFTS
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William Morris interior ARTS AND CRAFTS
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Brother Rabbit Wallpaper William Morris ARTS AND CRAFTS
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Marigold Wallpaper William Morris and Co. ARTS AND CRAFTS
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Wandle Chintz William Morris and Co
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Daisy pattern Morris and Co. ARTS AND CRAFTS
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Lily Morris and Co. ARTS AND CRAFTS
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Poppy William Morris and Co. ARTS AND CRAFTS
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Gamble house Pasadena Greene and Greene Architects - Influenced by Japanese design, celebrating honesty of construction, overhanging roofs, exposed pegs/metal ARTS AND CRAFTS
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Greene and Greene armchair - intricate carving - mahogany - ebony wood - sometimes inlays ARTS AND CRAFTS
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Cloud detail - Japanese influence ARTS AND CRAFTS
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Gustav Stickley's "Morris" chair - rectangular - rows of vertical lines - exposed pegs - oak (more affordable) - less decorated than arts and crafts - adjustable back MISSION
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Gustav Stickley Was able to create high quality pieces while utilizing mass-production Simplicity, Honesty, Functionality
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Postcard Desk Stickley - vertical slats - original hardware ARTS AND CRAFTS
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Lift-front desk Stickley - Avoiding ornament – as a parasite, it absorbs the strength of the organism on which it feeds! - Oak - Exposed tenons ARTS AND CRAFTS
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Harvey Ellis’s chair Inlay should emphasize “the structural lines; accenting in most cases the vertical elements, and so giving a certain slenderness of effect to a whole which was otherwise too solid and heavy.” ARTS AND CRAFTS
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Mission Magazine Rack
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Sideboard MISSION
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Keyed-through tenon MISSION
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California Bungalows ARTS AND CRAFTS
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BUNGALOW INTERIOR ARTS AND CRAFTS