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Week 11: Modernism

Updated: Feb 10

Modernist period

from 1900 to 1955

painting

furniture

oldest fist

earliest last

descriptive

research or fact

date who made it for what materials did they use.

annotation more than one image is important.

contextualizing

started roughly about in middle of the 19th century






1-Bauhaus(1919).


  • the founder of Bauhaus movement is Walter Gropius (1883-1969). it was founded in modernist period which is one of the top 100 movements in that period. Walter Gropius founded it in 1919.(Griffith Winton, 2016)

  • (Griffith Winton, A. (2016)).

  • the Bauhaus was a place to teach strategy to remove the traditional architectural movement. (Khan Academy. (n.d.)).

  • it was a place that holds a community of people who work together to make art and teaching art as well (all of them artist).Khan Academy. (n.d.). Peter Behrens, Turbine Factory (article).

  • the main idea of that building was to bring art in everyday life, such as architecture, performing art, design and applied arts. Because spotlight was only one fine art. about Bauhaus name is a German word which means building (Bau) and house (Haus). name of the famous teachers who taught in that building Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and Josef Albers. Khan Academy. (n.d.). Peter Behrens, Turbine Factory (article).

  • Bauhaus movement is one of the best 100 design movements around the world. Also, so many architectures got inspired by that movement after many years of hatred that became on it at first. Khan Academy. (n.d.). Peter Behrens, Turbine Factory (article). citation: (Khan Academy, n.d.)

  • Bauhaus at 100: The best places around the world to explore the German design movement.(Griffith Winton, A. (2016)).


  • "German creative movement Bauhaus was founded in April 1919 and continues to have a significant impact on contemporary culture". (Bauhaus: All about the art movement as it turns 100 - CBBC News round, n.d.) Bauhaus: All about the art movement as it turns 100 - CBBC News round. (n.d.). www.bbc.co.uk.


2-Avond (Evening): The Red Tree, 1908 by Piet Mondrian

  • Avond (Evening): it was completed in the same year as the Windmill Sunlight. Red tree is one of the important Art in the Mondrian's series on the tree theme. (Piet-mondrian.org, 2011) .

  • Mondrian's focused on rationalize colour in 1908, indicating a move to redirect art internationally to develop his own style. (Piet-mondrian.org, 2011)

  • In 1908, Mondrian's focus on color was paramount, marking a shift towards international art and the development of his own style. (Piet-mondrian.org, 2011)

  • Vencent van Goghs work has influenced Piet Mondrian from what I can look at below. especially in the brushwork and use of colour simplifying. (Piet-mondrian.org, 2011)


3- The Windmill in Sunlight, 1908 by Piet Mondrian


www.piet-mondrian.org. (n.d.). The Windmill in Sunlight, 1908 by Piet Mondrian. [online] Available at: https://www.piet-mondrian.org/the-windmill-in-sunlight.jsp.

4-

Project timeline

1910-1914

type

Private House

Location

Vienna Austria

architect

Adolf Loos


  • Profession: Architect.(Anon, 2015)

  • Residences: Chicago, New York.(Anon, 2015)

  • Relation to Mahler:(Anon, 2015)

  • Correspondence with Mahler: (Anon, 2015)

  • Born: 10-12-1870 Brno, Moravia.(Anon, 2015)

  • Died: 23-08-1933 Vienna. Aged 62.(Anon, 2015)

  • Buried: 30-10-1934 Central cemetery (0-1-105), Vienna, Austria. Near the wall of the Simmeringer hauptstrasse.(Anon, 2015)

  • Adolf Loos participated in a theory of criticism in Modernism. He challenged vienna Secession through essays such as (Crime and Ornament).(Anon, 2015)

  • Loos loved art, fashion, decoration and men's clothing since he was a chilled. (Anon, 2015)

  • he left behind a body of continues work. To influence modern architecture and designer(Anon, 2015)

  • After World war l, Loos gained his citizenship in Czechoslovakia.(Anon, 2015)


Architectural style: Steiner house is the main example of Adolf loos and in early 20th century he influenced many architectures. Simplicity and functionality: loos focused on functionality and simplicity. (Anon, (2015). Adolf Loos (1870-1933))





5-Tableau No. 2/Composition No. VII


  • in 1911 Mondrian's affected his move into Paris with his new movement which is Cubist.


  • Mondrian's painted in 1912 a reflection of Tableau No. 2/Composition No. VII, admiration for Cubist techniques.


  • Mondrian broke down his subject which is a tree into colored planes and crossing black lines. Inspired by Analytic Cubism.



  • Mondrian's palette of orch and gray tones has changed cubist painting by removing all sense of dimension, by taking an abstraction a step further. R, T.S. (1913). Tableau No. 2/Composition No. VII. [online] Guggenheim. Available at: https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/3007 [Accessed 7 Feb. 2024].




6-

  • Title: Bar

  • Design House: House of Dior (French, founded 1947)

  • Designer: Christian Dior (French, Granville 1905–1957 Montecatini)

  • Date: Spring/Summer 1947

  • Culture: French

  • Medium: Silk




  • Christian Dior made a collection in 1947, made wasp-waisted hip-padded design.

  • he got his title immediately by the American titled it "New Look"

  • The 1920s and 1930s fashions were despised in the collection.

  • it was influenced by the late nineteenth-century body-shapers and fashions. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art (2019)) The Metropolitan Museum of Art (2019).‘Bar’. [online] Metmuseum.org. Available at: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/81460 [Accessed 8 Feb. 2024].






7-Neuer Kunst Salon am keckertor Oskar Schlemmer. (1888-1943)


  • Title: Neuer Kunstsalon am Keckertor

  • Artist: Oskar Schlemmer

  • Date: Schlemmer's innovation is not specifically dated, however it was in the early to mid-20th century.

  • Medium: The medium of the artwork is not specified.

  • Location: The current location or ownership of the artwork is not provided.

  • Style: Oskar Schlemmer was associated with the Bauhaus movement and is known for his contributions to abstract and avant-garde art.

  • Subject: The title suggests that the artwork depicts or is somehow related to a new art salon at the Keckertor.

  • Significance: Oskar Schlemmer was a prominent figure in the development of modern art, particularly through his work at the Bauhaus school. His artworks often explored themes of movement, space, and the human form.

  • Legacy: Schlemmer's innovative approach to art and design continues to influence contemporary artists and designers.


8- 1928 and 1931




Between 1928 and 1931, Le Corbusier constructed Villa Savoye, which stood in for the modernism that many would later criticize, notably Jacques Tati in his films Mon Oncle and Playtime. (Source: Alamy)


From 1945 he chose to build in raw, and sometimes weather-boarded concrete as if sculpting buildings. This method also allowed him to design imaginative buildings for clients with little money, like the monks of the spiritually charged monastery he created at Evreux-sur-l'Arbresle in the late 1950s. Shortly before he died, he was proposing buildings in steel and he had already experimented with tented structures making use of the very latest lightweight materials.

Le Corbusier


who is the architecture

why he made it

how did he get the inspiration from






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