Arts and Crafts
Horta, Tassel House, Brussels;
Eiffel, Eiffel Tower, Paris,
Richardson, HH, Marshall Field Wholesale Store,
Purism 1918 Contextual: variation of Cubist movement –Opposed Synthetic Cubism’ distance from the Machine Age –Purism was an attempt to restore regularity in a war- torn France post World War I Formal: use of machines’ clean lines, pure form and parts, Cubism's analysis of forms with Purist’s simplification Artists: Ozenfant, LeCorbusier (architect), Leger
Purism “machine aesthetics”
Futurism Time Period: 1909-WWI Mostly in Italy Began as a literary movement Uses Cubism’s analytical technique Social-political agenda Praises the modern age of steel and speed Radical push for new, enlightened era (get rid of the past, destroy museums, etc) Exhibits motion in time and space Crisp lines and planes (like Cubism) Severini and Boccioni
Futurism
Surrealism Artists: Slavador Dali, Freda Kahlo, Meret Oppenheim
Architect and Founder: Walter Gropius
Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye, outside of Paris, France.
Natural Architecture (or Prairie Style) 1900 to 1917 Contextual Factors: began in Chicago Meant to reunite people with organic and natural (not just modern/machanical) Influences from Japanese architecture Principle of continuity Formal Factors: non-symmetrical spaces within a specific environment Valued light; overhangs and cantilevers; strip windows; enclosed patios (all to incorporate nature) Artists: Frank Lloyd Wright (architect)
Wright, Robie House, Chicago, Natural Architecture (or Prairie Style) Wright, Fallingwater (Kaufmann House), Bear Run, PA, 1935