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20 th century architecture. De Stijl (style). Dutch “The style”, 20 th century art movement founded by painter Piet Mondrian who promoted utopian ideals and developed a simplified geometric style Open plan, flat color, geometric rectangular shape (like Mondrian’s paintings). Mondrian. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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20th century architecture
De Stijl (style)• Dutch “The style”, 20th century art
movement founded by painter Piet Mondrian who promoted utopian ideals and developed a simplified geometric style
• Open plan, flat color, geometric rectangular shape (like Mondrian’s paintings)
• Mondrian
De Stijl architecture:Gerrit Rietveld, Schroder House, Netherlands, 1924
Bauhaus (style)
• A school of art and design, promoting unity between architecture, art and design
• Like de stijl, bauhaus was rooted in utopian principles
• Avoids all embellishments• Simple and geometric
BauhausGropius, Shop Block at the Bauhaus, Germany, 1925-1926
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, model for glass skyscraper, Germany, 1922
International Style
• Bauhaus eventually became known as the International Style due to widespread popularity
• “machine for living”
Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye, France, 1929
Art Deco (America)
• America embraced Bauhaus, which rejected ornament, but also embraced other styles
• Universal term that applies to architecture, interior, furniture, jewelry, fashion etc.
• Streamlines, elongated look, symmetrical, simple flat shapes
• Chrysler Building has a diminishing fan design, streamlined and flat, popular design in 1920’s
William van Alen, Chrysler Building, NY NY 1928-1930
Prairie Style
• Associated with Frank Lloyd Wright, who believed architecture was natural and organic
• Roofs extend beyond the walls, non-symmetrical design, interacts with its natural surroundings
• Wandering plan, captures the expansive, natural environment
Frank Lloyd Wright, Robie House, Chicago, 1907-1909
Frank Lloyd Wright, Fallingwater, Bear Run, Pennsylvania, 1936-1939
Modernism
• Architecture style that developed after WWII• Concerned with formalism and simplicity• Buildings have intriguing organic sculptural
qualities
Frank Lloyd Wright, Guggenheim Museum, NY NY 1943-1959
Le Corbusier, Notre Dame du Haut, France, 1950-1955 (mountain top chapel, reflects the shape of praying hands, a doves wing and a ships prow)
Saarinen, TWA terminal, Kennedy Airport, NY, NY (design suggests expansive wings, movement and flight)
Utzon, Sydney Opera House, Australia, 1959-1972 (clusters of concrete shells, suggest buoyancy of seabird wings, billowing
sails on a ship)
Minimalist style of modern architecture
• Based on bauhaus style less is more• Powerful and heroic looking buildings in an
urban landscape• Giant corporate skyscrapers• Sleek, rigid, geometric
Mies van der Rohe & Philip Johnson, Seagram Building, NY, 1956-1958
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Sears Tower, Chicago, 1974
PostModernism (style)
• A rejection of the conservative style of modernism
• More expansive and inclusive in design• Can draw in some inspiration from the past,
such as Rome, temple designs etc.
Charles Moore, Piazza d’Italia, New Orleans, 1976-1980
Philip Johnson & John Burgee, AT&T (now Sony) Building, NY, 1978-1984 (more granite than glass, variation of a classical pediment at
the top)
Deconstructivism (style)
• Disorients the observer• Unstable, imbalance, assymmetry, irregularity
Behnisch, Hysolar Institute, Germany, 1987
Frank Gehry, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Spain, 1997
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