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Key terms: |
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Modernism: both as a set of responses
to modernity (beginning c. 1870s-90s) and also as a cultural manifestation
(in architecture, literature, music, philosophy, etc) |
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some characteristics in architecture:
simplification of form; reduction or elimination of ornament; expressed
structure; materials and functional requirements determine result; machine
aesthetic; open plan; abstraction of form; flat roof; |
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International Style (1920s-30s - the
formative decades of Modernism, pre-WWII; from J and HÕs book and exhibition;
3 principles; preferred materials of glass, steel and concrete); |
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functionalism; |
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aesthetics; |
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political and social aims; |
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response to industrial technology; |
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critique? |