Gerrit Rietveld Essays

  • Comparing The Modern Era Of Architecture And Interior Design

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    The modern era of architecture and interior design since the nineteenth century has often been an exciting expression. The contemporary designers were not only trying to break through traditions such as Rietveld 's Schroder House, but some also taking a leap back to the classical antiquity of style in the form of Empire Style was taken by Charles Percier and Pierre Fontaine in Chateau de Malmaison. Although being very different in term of their contemporary cultural-socio-political state, to a certain

  • The Four Shuttlecocks

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    Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen found controversy when they began thinking about the creation of the art pieces in 1991. Many people believed that they were frivolous, so they disapproved the establishment of the art. Despite the major nonacceptance of the shuttlecocks in the early 1990’s, the enormous shuttlecocks are now valued at the museum. Some people even pronounce them to be a representation of Kansas City itself. These are giant sculptures mimicking real life shuttlecocks that are

  • Cubism And Modern Architecture

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    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

  • Theo Van Doesburg's The Will To Style

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    movement which means The Style in English. He also started to publish a magazine by the name of Dj Stijl from the year of 1917. It was an avant-garde magazine. Famous painters, designers, and architects like Piet Mondrian, Bart van der Leck, Gerrit Rietveld, and J.J.P. Oud joined this movement with Doesburg. This famous personality devoted his life to the understanding of art from the rational, essential, and universal aspects. The Will to Style is a lecture given by Doesburg and it tries to critically

  • Art Movements

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    Cubism was one of the strongest art movements in the 20th century that gave birth to many other movements such as futurism and suprematism. The Forefathers of this revolutionary way of painting were Pablo Picasso and George Braque. Although it may have seemed to be abstract and geometrical to an untrained eye, cubist art do depict real objects. The shapes are flattened onto canvas so that different sides of each shape can be shown simultaneously from many angles. This new style gave a 3 dimensional

  • Marcel Breuer: A Master In Modernism

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    Marcel Breuer A Master in Modernism 1902 - 1981 Contents MODERNISM BAUHAUS FURNITURE ARCHITECTURE LIFE & WORK BIBLIOGRAPHY & CREDITS Modernism Modernism gained form circa 1850, it proposed “new forms of art on the grounds that these were more appropriate to the (present) time. It is therefore characterised by constant innovation and a rejection of conservative values such as the realistic depiction of the world. This has led to experiments with form and to an emphasis on processes and

  • Modernist Architecture

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    As Essay Associating Modernist Architecture, “Form And Function” And Louis H. Sullivan, the Father of Modernist Architecture In general, modern architecture is characterized by the simplification of form and the creation of ornaments from structures and themes of buildings. As stated by US General Service administration (2003), it is a term applied to an overarching movement, with its exact definition and scope varying widely [US General Service administration (2003)]. Form follows function is a