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Ch 20 & 21
Interior Design and Decoration
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Art History
Undergraduate 3
04/30/2008

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What were the two opposing forces expressed in nineteenth century design and art?
Definition
Progression to the future vs. Retreat to the past
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What are three of the determinants of nineteenth century design?

Definition

New age of British expansion

Increase in communication

Technological invention

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How long was the reign of Queen Victoria?
Definition

71 years (1830-1901)

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Who were the designers that defined Empire Style?
Definition
Charles Percier and Pierre-Fracois-Leonard Fontaine
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What did Empire Style share in common with Directoire Style (1795-1799)?
Definition
increased elaboration in the use of fabric
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What are the dates corresponding with the Regency Period in Britain?
Definition
1780-1830
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What are the characteristics of the Bledermier style in Austria?
Definition
clumsy, charming, or both. furniture was in cluster groups. refreshingly simple and used plants.
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How is the reformed Gothic Style different from the earlier Gothic Revival Style?
Definition

Reformed: simply cut oak carvings, wool wall coverings in muted colors, simplicity

Revival: rich ornament, bright paper wall coverings in patterns

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What are the characteristics of Romanesque Revival?
Definition
A style of spare ornament, large masonry expanses, round headed arches, and barrel vaults. Interiors used wainscoating, stained glass, and decorative tiles.
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What are the two nineteenth century styles that were considered independent, original, and pure?
Definition

Arts & Crafts Movement

Art Nouveau

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What is considered William Morris' greatest contribution to art and design?
Definition
skillful flat patterns, usually floral
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How was the American Arts & Crafts Movement different from British Arts & Crafts Movement?
Definition

British: focused on richly detailed Gothic style. medieval themed wallpaper, pottery, intricate and realistic. Expensive... limited to upper class.

American: drew inspiration from materials, rich woods and earth tones, furniture and architecture made with machines lowering the cost. available to "the people"

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How philosophically different was Art Nouveau from Arts and Crafts?
Definition
Arts & Crafts centered itself in morality, social issues, craft guilds and evils of mechanization. Art Nouveau was purely visual.
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What are the three nineteenth century innovations that drastically changed life indoors?
Definition

Heating

Lighting

Plumbing

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What are the new building types that presented designers with new challenges?
Definition

Office Towers

Railroad Stations

Department Stores

Hotels

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What were two advances in wood furnishings?
Definition
Improvements in bending and laminating wood
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What prompted the development for all upholstered furniture?
Definition
The new construction of steel springs required greater depth and more padding.
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T/F: The Gothic Style never really disappeared from Europe.
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TRUE
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T/F: The earliest proponents of Egyptian Revival was French.
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FALSE
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T/F: Art Nouveau was primarily French
Definition
FALSE
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Def: Parian Porcelain
Definition
hard paste porcelain marked by its smooth, white, often unglazed surface
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Def: Favrille glass
Definition
a name given to much of the glass produced by Louis Comfort Tiffany, signature being the iridescence made by mixing colors while the glass is still hot
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Def: Linoleum
Definition
durable floor made of linseed oil and flax, invented in England in 1864 by Fredrick Walton. Latin origin- linum=flax, oelum=oil
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Why is Elsie de Wolfe a significant figure in design? What was her philosophy with respect to interior design?
Definition
She turned Interior Design into a profession. Her philosophy was "Simplicity, Suitability, and Proportion"
Term

What were Le Corbusier's 5 points of architecture?

Definition

columns for raised building

roof garden

free plan

horizontal strip window

free facade

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What are some of the characteristics of Art Deco and what influenced it?
Definition
Art Deco used plant forms interpretted geometrically, stronger colors, exotic materials, exhuberent and decorative. Influenced by Louis XVI and Empire Periods.
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Why is Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann's approach to design considered an anamoly in 20th Century design?
Definition
He continued 18th century french design
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How were the designs of Louis Kahn different from Write, van der Rohe, and Le Corbusier?

Definition
He had new considerations such as division between servers and served, and a search for "what a material wants to be"
Term
What was the manifesto of Gruppo 7?
Definition
a need for rational building types, denounced individualism, sympathized with a new era of facism.
Term
What were some reactions to Modernism in the second half of the twentieth century?
Definition
Brutalism, Post Modernism, and Pop
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In the 20th century magazines were a chief source of disseminating ideas about interior design. What are some other ways new ideas about design were presented to the public?
Definition
newspaper, books, movies, tv, stores
Term
What was the role of the department store in the development of design trends?
Definition

In addition to being a purveyor of goods, they acted as an exhibitor and even a trend setter.

Term

What are the three broad catergories of lighting effects?

Definition

general

local

sparkle

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Carlton Room Divider

1917- Italian Modernism

- By Ettore Sottsass

-plastic laminate on wood

-part of the memphis collection

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Tulip Chair

1957

-by Eerosaarinens

-designed for Hans Knoll

-Molded plastic shell with aluminum base

-displayed structural brava

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Action Office

1964- Art Deco/Modern

-by George Nelson

-designed for Herman Miller

-revolutionized office furniture design

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LCW Lounge Chair

1946

-by charles and ray eames

-made of molded and bent birch plywood

-later to be called the chair of the century

-manufactured later by herman miller

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Wasilly Chair

1925

-by marcel bruer

-tubular steel and leather

-inspired by the handels of a bicycle

-named after painter Wasilly Kandinsky

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Lecture Hall Interior

1933-35

-by alvar aalto

-located in the Viipuri Public Library

-ceiling designed to help reflect the speakers voice

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Smith House Interior

1967- Minimalism

-by Richard Meier

-located in Rowayton, CT

-included moveable and builtin furniture

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Glass House

1949- Modernism

-by Phillip Johnson

-located in New Caanan, CT

-furnished by Mies van der Rohe

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Kaufman House

1946- Modernism

-by Richard Neutra

-located in Palm Springs, CA

-designed for Edgar Kaufman

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Barcelona Pavilion

1929

-by Mies van der Rohe

-sculpture by george kolbe

-furniture also by Mies

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Trelis Room

1907

-by elsie de wolfe

-influenced modernism

-located at the colony club in NYC

-considered a breakthrough as an interior designer designed a public space

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Sussex Chair

1865- Arts & Crafts

-by Phillip Webb

-designed for english county of sussex

-ebonized wood with rush seat

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Glasgow Library

1895- influenced by Art Nouveau

-by charles rennie Mackintosh

-the school was built in sections between 1896 and 1909

-he also designed furniture and lighting fixtures in library

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Skylit Foyer at Van Eetvelde House

1894-Art Nouveau

-by Victor Horta

-located in Brussels, Belgium

-mosaic floor patters, walls and ceilings were designed to reflect the organic theme

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Penn Academy of Fine Arts

1896- Gothic Revival

-by Frank Furness

-Located in Philadelphia

-Variety of styles: gothic revival, greek, and byzantine

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Breakfast Room at sir John Soanes House

1812-13 Regency Style

-by Sir John Soane

-located in London

-his work has been widely copied

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Josephines Bedroom at Malmaison

1810- Empire Style

-by Percier and Fontaine

-funiture by Jacob Desmalter and Brennais

-designed to represent interior of roman emperors military tent

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