ARTH 2610 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Henry Van De Velde, Erich Mendelsohn, Hans Poelzig
6 Feb 2017
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Key points for today: futurism in italy, deutsher werbund debate 1914, expressionism, holland (expressionism, de stijl) Italians adopt their own style of art nouveau called stile floreale (or liberty) A futurist manifesto by marinetti: a new aesthetic is related to the machine: enveloping environment, dynamism, speed, active, mobile, machine, science and technology, revolutionize. Glass pavilion, bruno taut, deutsher werkbund expo, cologne, 1914: primary material is glass, exalting industrial material, utopian potential for glass. Paul sheerbert writes about glass architecture, which lets in light through all walls, brings about new culture. Interest in line: merge audience and performer, aesthetic of empathy: bridges the gap between you and society. Great playhouse, hans poelzig, berlin, 1919: massive, known as the theatre of 5000, adapted from a market hall, colourful (common in expressionism) Interior is cavernous, stalactites: dematerialize space, sense of a different world, play of light, no ornament other than forms themselves, dramatization, gathering together for common goals.
