History of 19th and 20th Century Design

                        Exam 3

Part 1 Short-Answer Questions

1.____________The author who in 1968 first applied the term Art Deco to the entire stylistic movement of the 1920s.

2.____________The long primary axis and walkway where most of the French pavilions were located at the Paris Expo of 1925. I have a photo that looks at it on the first webpage.

3.____________The category of furniture designers, according to Alastair Duncan, who rebelled against the tight and elegant styles of the eighteenth century in order to impose their own preference for the simple geometry and functionalism of the machine.

4.____________Parisπs most celebrated couturier [fashion designer] and ensemblier [decorator], who in textiles was among the first ot promote the ≥exotic≤ and ≥colorful≤ in Art Deco style.

5.____________The foremost designer in France of modernist lighting who emphasized an even and diffuse light that made the best use of the metal lampπs light rays.

6.____________The most important French Art Deco silversmith who emphasized a≥mathematical≤ looking style of spheres, cones and cylinders through his use of meticulous handcraftsmanship.

7.____________What small utility item in the house, greatly influenced by the development of electricity, in the hands of Art Deco designers appeared mostly in vertical and horizontal shapes with needle hands and numbers that were greatly stylized or even abandoned?

8.____________The Art Deco glass technique that makes use of powdered glass and metallic oxides in its deeply colored and sculptural forms.

9.____________The name of a popular tableware, designed by Frederick Hurten Rhead in 1935 for Homer Laughlin Company, that emphasized simple geometric shapes in bright colors for informal living.

10.___________Director of the Typography Department at the Bauhaus in Dessau, Germany, who promoted sans serif typefaces, geometric shapes and a ≥universal≤ alphabet.

Part 2 Essay Questions

1. Please discuss the Art Deco Exposition of 1925. You should make reference to its purpose, its scope and the character of its exhibitions

2. Please discuss textile design during the Art Deco era. Talk about at least three designers and describe their materials and aesthetic points of view.

3. Please discuss metalsmithing during the Art Deco era. In your answer, write about the works of at least three different designers. Be sure to discuss materials, content and aesthetics.

4. Please discuss important innovations in glass and ceramics during the Art Deco period.

5. Please discuss graphic design and illustration during the Art Deco era. In your answer, please be sure to write about at least three different designers. Include information on content and aesthetics.

6. Please discuss important developments in sculpture in the Art Deco period. Be sure to mention both commercial and avant-garde designer/artists.

7. Please discuss new developments in Art Deco fashion and jewelry. Please talk about clothing fashions, jewelry motifs and accessories in your answer.

8. Please discuss new developments in furniture materials and styles during the Art Deco period.
Please make note of Duncan's three main categories of furniture designers.