Deck 15: The Twentieth Century and Modernism

Question 1

All of the following men wrote important books on modern architecture EXCEPT:

A) Gustav Platz.
B) Nikolaus Pevsner.
C) Henry Russell Hitchcock.
D) Reyner Banham.
E) All of the answers are correct.

Answer 1

All of the answers are correct.

Question 2

Adolf Loos described his method of spatial composition as:

A) the Neue Sachlichkeit.
B) Le Plan Libre.
C) the Zeitgeist.
D) the Raumplan.
E) the Pilotis.

Answer 2

the Raumplan.

Question 3

The characteristics of Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie houses include:

A) cantilevered eaves.
B) strong horizontal brick coursing.
C) a central hearth.
D) his idea of "breaking the box."
E) None of the answers is correct.

Answer 3

None of the answers is correct.

Question 4

Innovations at Frank Lloyd Wright's Larkin Building included all of the following EXCEPT:

A) balanced natural lighting from a central, full-height atrium.
B) built-in filing cabinets.
C) central air-conditioning.
D) custom-designed metal furnishings.
E) All of the answers are correct.

Question 5

Frank Lloyd Wright's work became accessible to European architects through:

A) the efforts of Peter Behrens.
B) the publication of the Wasmuth portfolios.
C) Bauhaus publications.
D) his famous lecture tour there in 1910-11.
E) the Wendingen group of Amsterdam architects.

Question 6

The AEG Turbine Factory in Berlin was designed by:

A) Adolf Loos.
B) Walter Gropius.
C) Mies van der Rohe.
D) Peter Behrens.
E) None of the answers is correct.

Question 7

In the context of the Italian Futurist Movement, the best-known exponent of Futurism was:

A) Umberto Boccioni.
B) Antonio Sant'Elia.
C) Marcello Piacentini.
D) Filippo Marinetti.
E) Adolf Loos.

Question 8

Vladimir Tatlin's Monument to the Third International was to:

A) have a revolving cone inside it.
B) be 1300 feet tall.
C) have a revolving cylinder inside it.
D) be a fantastic double spiral.
E) All of the answers are correct.

Question 9

The Soviet Pavilion at the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris was designed by:

A) Viktor Vesnin.
B) Vladimir Tatlin.
C) Konstantin Melnikov.
D) Alexandr Tatlin.
E) None of the answers is correct.

Question 10

Hendrik Petrus Berlage is best known for his:

A) Eigen Haard housing.
B) Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
C) DeDageraad Housing.
D) Amsterdam City Hall.
E) All of the answers are correct.

Question 11

Bruno Taut's Glass Pavilion was built for the:

A) 1913 Città Nuova Exposition in Milan.
B) 1911 Expressionist exhibition in Posen.
C) 1914 Werkbund exhibition in Cologne.
D) 1925 Exposition des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.
E) None of the answers is correct.

Question 12

Rudolf Steiner's Goetheanum II in Dornach housed a:

A) center for meditation.
B) concert hall for Expressionistic music.
C) theater for Expressionistic plays.
D) spiritual high school.
E) None of the answers is correct.

Question 13

The Chrysler Building's crownlike dome is made of:

A) polished marble slabs.
B) stainless steel.
C) shiny terracotta.
D) coated copper.
E) None of the answers is correct.

Question 14

The designer of Radio City Music Hall in New York was:

A) William Van Alen.
B) Wallace K. Harrison.
C) Ely Jacques Kahn.
D) Raymond Hood.
E) None of the answers is correct.

Question 15

The Dutch De Stijl Movement was the creation of Bauhaus interloper:

A) J.J.P. Oud.
B) Theo van Doesburg.
C) Cornelis van Eesteren.
D) Gerrit Rietveld.
E) Adolf Loos.

Question 16

Auguste Perret was a pioneer in:

A) the design of modern bridges.
B) the investigations of De Stijl planarity.
C) the development of Art Deco ornamentation.
D) the use of steel-reinforced concrete.
E) None of the answers is correct.

Question 17

Le Corbusier's Dom-ino House involved:

A) a series of bearing walls.
B) floor slabs and regularly spaced piers for vertical support.
C) long cantilevers made possible by steel-reinforced concrete.
D) planar compositions inspired by the De Stijl Movement.
E) None of the answers is correct.

Question 18

The central feature in Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye is a:

A) lightwell.
B) concrete hearth and chimney.
C) ramp that links all levels in the building.
D) monumental staircase.
E) None of the answers is correct.

Question 19

Modernist features of Walter Gropius's Fagus Factory include all of the following EXCEPT:

A) a flat roof.
B) corners left free of solid masonry.
C) a free plan.
D) glass curtain walls.
E) All of the answers are correct.

Question 20

The Bauhaus teaching facilities were, at one time or another, located in each of the following cities EXCEPT:

A) Berlin.
B) Stuttgart.
C) Weimar.
D) Dessau.
E) All of the answers are correct.

Question 21

All of the following were features of Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion EXCEPT:

A) marble veneer wall partitions.
B) a dancing-girl sculpture.
C) stainless steel columns.
D) polished concrete floors.
E) All of the answers are correct.

Question 22

All of the following architects designed buildings for the 1927 Weissenhof Siedlung EXCEPT:

A) Le Corbusier.
B) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
C) J.J.P. Oud.
D) Walter Gropius.
E) None of the answers is correct.

Question 23

The Philadelphia Savings Fund Society Building was designed by:

A) Edward Durrell Stone.
B) Phillip Johnson.
C) George Howe and William Lescaze.
D) Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer.
E) None of the answers is correct.

Question 24

Frank Lloyd Wright's house called Fallingwater was built:

A) atop a waterfall.
B) to include the view of a waterfall.
C) at the base of a waterfall.
D) between two waterfalls.
E) None of the answers is correct.

Question 25

All of the following were late projects of Le Corbusier EXCEPT:

A) the Unité d'Habitation in Marseille.
B) Notre-Dame-du-Haut in Ronchamp.
C) Ste. Marie-de-la-Tourette in Eveux-sur-l'Arbresle.
D) Chandigarh in Punjab.
E) None of the answers is correct.

Question 26

Discuss the architectural features of Adolf Loos's houses in terms of the Raumplan.

Question 27

Discuss the architectural features that Frank Lloyd Wright used in the development of Prairie houses and their significance.

Question 28

Compare the architectural features of Peter Behrens's AEG Turbine Factory with those of Walter Gropius's Fagus Factory.

Question 29

Explain how the Art Deco differed from European Modernism.

Question 30

Discuss the spatial investigations of the De Stijl Movement.

Question 31

Discuss the architectural features of the Villa Savoye in the context of Le Corbusier's "Five Points Toward a New Architecture."

Question 32

Compare Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater with International Style work such as that seen at the Weissenhof Siedlung in Stuttgart.