017 MODERNISM
• Early Frank Lloyd Wright– Youngest member of “Chicago School”– Most futuristic of modernists– House designer – Anglo-American influence– Influences – Froebel Blocks, Japanese Architecture,
Louis Sullivan
• Prairie House Design Concepts– New American Architecture– Horizontal Planes mimic prairie– Central fireplace– Pinwheel design– Hidden entrances– No basement– Open floor plan– Furniture integration– Geometric forms
• Fantasy and Expressionism in Europe• Experimental forms• Return to nature• Intense exaggeration of effects
– Art Nouveau 1890’s – 1910• France, Belgium, Spain
– Expressionism• 3 central themes
– Creature, Cave, Crystal
– German Movement
FROEBEL BLOCKS
JAPANESE TEA HOUSE
LARKIN BUILDING 1904
WINSLOW HOUSE 1893
FRONT ELEVATION REAR ELEVATION
WILLITS HOUSE 1902
TASSEL HOUSE 1892
CASA BATTLO 1905
CHURCH OF THE SAGRADA FAMILIA 1884 - 1910
