Describe Frank Lloyd Wright's work:
- Frank Lloyd Wright is today known for his accomplishments in architecture. However, he also designed furniture, stained glass windows, wallpapers and fabrics that would best be put in the Art Nouveau style. Wright (1867-1959) believed that there was more to architecture than just what was seen on the outside, he believed that the art of architecture continued into the inside of the house. He used this theory along with his theory of "organic architecture". Influenced from architecture of Japan, he saw the core of his design was in space, creating harmonous space and proportions in his buildings.
Describe the work of the Glasgow school or "the four":
- "The Four", Margaret Macdonald, Frances Macdonald, J. Herbert McNair and Charles Rennie Mackintosh colaberated their artistic skills to create their own form of symbolic imagery. McNair and Mackintosh's architecture skills and the Macdonald sister's mystical and religous beliefs were combined to create a style described as "feminine, a fairyland fantasy, and a melancholy disquietude." Their posters had flat color and a bold black outline. "The four" made contributions to interior design that were extremely different interior designs of that time with white walls.
Describe the Vienna Secessionist work:
- The Vienna Secessionist is the counteract from the traditional ideas, to the new ideas. This emerged in England, Germany and France, in the late 1800's and early 1900's. The Secessionist differs with the style of simple clean lettering with Sans Serif, clean geometric design and the use of symbolism. For example, Gustav Klimt's poster for the first Vienna Secession exhibition in 1898. The poster grew inspiration from Greek Mythology, also with an interesting take with space, leaving a large gap in space on the poster.
Name one thing Peter Behrens designed:
- Some of the products Peter Behrens designed for are teapots and streetlamps and volt meters
Volt Meter designed by Behrens
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