Cubism And Modern Architecture

Cubism was most notably founded by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in Paris, France and also other Eastern European countries from 1907-1914. Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque where the pioneers of early cubism art movement which led to new art and architecture introduced to the world. Josef Chocol was an architect who implied cubism forms and function into his building. Cubism was predominantly located in Paris France during the early 20th century. The cubism movement was a revolutionary new approach of objects having meaning instead of representing reality. Artists dismantled the rules and values of traditional Beaux Art and formed a new approach to art. Cubism was the first approach to abstract modern art. Artists showed art as an illusion

It was the foundation for other art and architecture styles like Futurism, Constructivism, and Suprematism. Cubism was the new way of modern art, in respect to the evolving world around them. This was a time of new technologies like photography, increased industrialization and motor cars. All which caused people to adapt to there new surroundings. Cubism was the starting point of a whole new approach to change and views of individuals. The movement wasn’t primarily architecture but also a new approach to art pieces and sculptures. An example of Cubism was by the architect Josef Chocol, who designed the Apartment House, Bohemia in 1913-1914. The apartment house resembles cubism because of the appearance of the structure as if alive. It’s designed to show movement and form. The building shows folds as abstract forming. The pediment and how its placed over the windows and doorways. He also uses geometric patterns throughout the building to enforce an appearance as if the building has life. The apartments form follows its function is a new approach to architecture at this time and resembles Picasso’s art

Uniting new designs embracing the future. Future buildings and art incorporated hard lines, three dimensional implications, primary colors, intersecting lines and the appearance of hovering objects. Totally remarkable pieces of art and architecture was constructed because of this movement. De Stijl not only changed the way architecture was but also art, sculptures, and photography. An example of the De Stijl movement which was notably the most perfectly unified example of De Stijl ideas was the building designed by Gerrit Rietveld, Schroder House, 1923-24; Utrecht. The Schroder house resembles De Stijl movement by the way Rietveld uses primary colors in the interior and exterior structure. The whole building resembles life and total form, from inside to outside with consistent flow through the structure. The exterior uses hard lines intersecting each other. This resembles the cleanliness, crisp well proportioned planes of the structure. Also the buildings painted concrete, windows, railings all perform a purpose, they unite the structure together. These characteristics resemble formal elements and theoretical links between the structure and the De Stijl