The Open University – Arts: a third level course – History of architecture and design 1890-1939 – Units 11-12

CONTENTS:
1. Dutch architecture and De Stijl
  The influence of Frank Lloyd Wright in Holland
  Neo-Plasticism: De Stijl art theory
  J. J. P. Oud (1890-1963) functionalism and De Stijl
  The influence of Wright and De Stijl on Dutch architecture
  Gerrit Rietveld (1888-1972): early furniture designs
2. Avant-garde tendencies in Russia, 1915-23
  The development of non-figurative art, 1913-23
  Inkhuk and Constructivism
  Vkhutemas
  El Lissitzky (1890-1940)
3. De Stijl after 1921 and Elementarism
  The role of Dada and anti-art
  The political context of European Constructivism
  Van Doesburg and Van Eesteren: the creation of Elementarist architecture
  Rietveld’s work, 1921-25
4. The Weimar Bauhaus
  Origins of the Bauhaus
  The Weimar Bauhaus, 1919-24: work and difficulties
  The "Vorkurs" (preliminary course)
  The influence of Van Doesburg in Weimar, 1921-22
  The painters at the Bauhaus
  The arrival of Moholy-Nagy, 1923
5. The New Objectivity in German architecture
  The architecture of Gropius and Meyer
  Eric Mendelsohn’s architecture, 1922-25
  Bruno Taut at Magdeburg, 1921-24
  Industrial and commercial architecture