For example‚ Onyx was used by the German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe to construct The Barcelona Pavilion. It was created in 1929 in Czech Repubic from glass‚ steel‚ travertine‚ marble‚ and golden onyx from the Atlas Mountains. The pavilion’s design is based on a formulaic grid system developed by Mies that not only serves as the patterning of the travertine pavers‚ but it also serves as an underlying framework that the wall
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its tall frame‚ its minimal design‚ the elegant black bands running around the building‚ the use of tinted black aluminum curtain with bronze tinted glazing‚ the bundled tubular form etc etc. I have always been a fan of minimalism‚ courtesy Mies Van Der Rohe‚ and I have a thing for buildings with the ‘skin and bones’ kind of appeal‚ a characteristic found essentially in the design of this building. It is almost like nudism in art‚ only that the canvas is 110 story tall. The form speaks for itself
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The Bauhaus was a German school of design from 1919 to 1933. It was a movement that was strongly influenced by the outcomes of World War One and rejected the ideals of the past and embraced the age of the machine. By focusing on the materials and the eradication of superfluous decoration‚ the Bauhaus established a new ideal‚ which was‚ form following function. Through their manipulation of established and new products this enabled them to emphasise the very ‘materiality’ of the items they produced
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In the decades following the Second World War‚ America’s cities began a transformation still being felt today. The increased suburbanization of the middle class‚ and the resulting movement to stop it‚ led to the development of new urban spaces which had wildly varying levels of success. New partnerships between businesses and government agencies resulted in legislation that had a variety of positive and negative effects on different populations. Architects strived to create new methods of housing
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The Bauhaus was a German Art school that operated in 1919 through to 1933 created by Walter Gropius. There was many positive aims to the creation of his school of fine arts and crafts of different sorts‚ Gropius believed that “Architects‚ painters‚ sculptors‚ we must return to crafts! For there is no such thing as ‘professional art’. (Walter Gropius‚1919). The Bauhaus focused on two things mainly‚ one being the coming together of all creative people and secondly a dream of creating a school that
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April 21‚ 2005 Hum 101 Final 1. Describe how recent advancements in technology (since 1975 or so) have changed the arts and arts education. Answer: Since 1975 or so there has been many changes in technology that have affected arts education. Advancements in technology such as the internet‚ computers‚ and more art education programs have played a major effect. Before this era students could not really get the full picture of visual arts unless the instructor has the actual prints. The
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and architecture. This paper will examine the book’s‚ and of course Colomina’s‚ contribution to the discipline. To do that‚ I will investigate the background of Colomina’s approach and methodology‚ the reason why she framed her book in between Le Corbusier and Adolf Loos‚ the role of documentation‚
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The Tugendhat House was a private villa designed by Mies van der rohe‚ which located in the Brno‚ Czech Republic. In this building‚ Mies used steel frame structure and glass material to create a unique flowing space‚ which connected the interior space and exterior space and also guaranteed the privacy of the residence at the same time The Tugendhat house sits on a hillside with two story floor plan and a semi-underground room which looks as if it were insert in the hillside. The first floor is a
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Brutalism is a highly controversial architectural style which flourished during the 1950s and 60s in Britain‚ as the capital slowly began the inauguration of rehabilitating itself as a whole - after the disastrous effects of the Second World War. Brutalism has it roots in Modernism; however‚ it emerged as a movement in revolt to the architectural mainstream. Brutalism attempted to come out of the Modernist movement on the basis of an undeniably honest approach to architecture‚ demanding that form
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Term Paper Le Corbusier ARTH220 D001 Spr 13 Dr. Irene Nero July 21‚ 2013 I first decided to write about Alberti‚ but then seeing that we were allowed to write about any architect we’ve come across in this course‚ I thought to myself who would be better than Le Corbusier or Frank Lloyd Wright; cliché’ ‚ but yet they’re the fathers of the modern Architecture. Alberti’s type of Architecture wasn’t in use and he’s only looked at as history. Modern Architecture is what we live in‚ what
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