ARTH 1201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Josef Hoffmann, Walter Gropius, Mass Production
16 Apr 2018
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Interested in recto-linear ornament, ties the entire room together: barrel vault above the bed, built especially for a bedroom, architecture from the past interpreted in a new way. The sagrada familia (expiatory church of the holy family), barcelona, spain, antoni gaudi - Interior buttress/supports looks like trees: many inspirations (africa, gothic, nature, regional area, sense of the divine region. Casa mila, barcelona, spain, antoni gaudi - 1905-1910: for a wealthy family, built in an elite part of town, angulating forms, first underground parking in the city. Iron work looks like seaweed splashing up the side of a cliff. Impress visitors, social display, being modern: flowing, curving metalwork, zippy, organic line, arts and crats tradition in stained glass windows, total work of art, everything fits together. Smoking room, maison de l"art nouveau, paris, henry van de velde - 1895: all the curves in the spaces are given a lively sensibility that resonate together as a whole.
