History 2 Haley Becker

Courtney Brown: I really liked the way you set up your blog post by putting the pictures within your writing. This made it easier and more fun to read through. Kate Ioerger: I thought it was really smart of you to bold the words that you went into detain writing about. I also really enjoyed all of the pictures you chose.

     Frank Lloyd Wright was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin and studied at the University of Wisconsin Madison. He was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator. He designed over 1,000 structures and completed 532 works. He started his own practice in Oak Park. His residential design concepts for incorporating private areas with public areas of the house illustrates a kindred manipulation of a square and rectangle grid derived from the art-glass and wall tiles. He focused a lot on lighting, making sure he brought in a lot of natural light.       The international style was next to come. It blossomed in Western Europe with the work of Le Corbusier. The Bauhaus was the educational hub and center of the modern movement. There was an emphasis on simple form, functionalism, glass, steel, concrete, and the transparency of buildings.      Walter Gropius was an architect in Munich and Berlin. He started the schools in the Bau...

     Gustav Klimt studied at the Vienna school of arts and crafts while in poverty. He loved art and was a major painter of the 20th century. He was influenced by Signmund Freud and focused on themes of sexuality. He was also inspired by Japanese design and was highly decorative. He was known for the use of gold leaf.     Otto Wagner studied at the Viennese Polytechnic Institute and was another famous designer during this period. He created a book called "Modern Architecture". His style was one of the first industrial style. He liked to show the construction of things in the way it looked. We looked at workable, durable, and economic materials. His color palette was very neutral. His most famous work was the Postal savings bank in Vienna.      Koloman Moser also studied in Vienna. His furniture was geometric, fun, colorful, and had many textiles. You could tell that the art movement was coming after this with his design styles.     ...

Erin: You did a really good job writing in your own words and choosing your images. We had a few of the same images, in fact. Also, I really enjoyed the last modern picture you chose. Kate I: I loved how you incorporated chairs into you pictures. Also, I love the set up of your blog. Your writing was smooth and easy to read.

ALEX: You did a good job shortly summarizing all the information we went over for this time period. I really enjoyed looking through all of the pictures you chose. I liked how you focused on certain designs they used.  BECCA: I really like all of the pictures you chose for this blog post. I also liked how you sectioned you paragraphs. It was easy to read and overall a good post.

    Art Nouveau was inspired by nature, not on traditional or historical design. It embraced technology and the manufacturing process. I think interior design today still tries to replicate nature, like the Art Nouveau. This period meant "New Art" and was a period of peace and prosperity. Some examples of famous artists include; Can Gogh, Edvard Munch, Gauguin, and Aubrey Beardsley. Belgium and France were the two leading countries for this movement.     Some characteristics from the Art Nouveau movement include; rejection of Victorian style and any imitation of historical stye, decorative ornamentation based on natural forms, use of modern materials, and curviliniar forms were dominant. Victor Horta was the most influential designer from Belgium from this time period. He had unique iron hardware and railing. His design was very cohesive and introduced the "curtain wall" structure of metal and glass.       Another significant Belgium practitio...