ARTH 1201 Lecture 10: Modernisms of the early Twentieth Century
16 Apr 2018
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Soviet constructivism: architecture as a tool, in response to the changing world order, creating a new world, trying to make sense of everything that happened after the war, russian revolution, emergence of communism. The modern movement/modernism: rethought form/type, produce forms to meet modern needs, used modern materials in a self-conscious way, celebrated (industrial/synthetic, often grounded in social-democratic ethos, modern architecture can take many different forms, even though there can be aesthetic. Influenced by aesthetics of modernist art movements similarities between modernist buildings. Theo van doesburg and cornelis van eesteren, axonometric analysis of the maison particuliere. 1923: dynamic composition, everything revolves around the heart of the building, trying to see everything all at once with the axo drawing, no front, back, or sides. Interior walls can be moved, seen as planes like in the painting. Modernisms in france: le corbusier and eileen gray. Dom-ino house, charles-edouard jeanneret (le corbusier) - 1914-1915.
