applied art
applied art. Term describing the design or decoration of functional objects so as to make them aesthetically pleasing. It is used in distinction to
fine art, although there is often no clear dividing line between the two areas.
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Salute the brutes; The Arts The grim, concrete functionalism of 1960s architects Peter and Alison Smithson is being celebrated by the Design Museum, and rightly so.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 11/25/2003; 700+ words
; Byline: ROWAN MOORE ROBIN Hood Gardens in east London looks like the archetype of a grim modernist estate. Set above the roaring mouth of the Blackwall Tunnel, and pallisaded with concrete fins, this stain-streaked fortress seems made for rain. It is like a face scoured by the raw winter wind. It
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The Arts: Architecture - Is there room for ethics in architecture? Caught between the worlds of fine art and functionalism, architects struggle to make sense of their role in our daily lives. Should they be more concerned with tough-minded sociological solutions or with a higher aesthetic goal?
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 10/9/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...irrelevancies in that dark year), of "hideous face of reality, art that stuns if it cannot edify... deceit, vanity, spineless...here Lubetkin reached for his Colt. "As a part of ideology art is not an aloof, detached aesthetic experience, a free creation...
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Louis Sullivan after functionalism.(architect)
Magazine article from: New Criterion; 9/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Lloyd Wright Was ever a genre of art scorned as much as was architectural...materials. This was the edict of functionalism, that--as Louis Sullivan...Photography at the Museum of Modern Art, published The Idea of Louis...published a damning review in Art News that branded Sullivan...
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Strictly true to form Bauhaus designers changed the way the world looked - the tubular steel chair and glass-clad buildings are just two of their triumphs. But, asks ROWAN MOORE, how much fun is there in functionalism?
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London; 2/15/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...slept on the floor of their art school and, in a Germany wrecked...a school of architecture, art and design founded in 1919...the industrial designers for functionalism. Some architects wanted to...his own creed, and it is for functionalism that the Bauhaus is remembered...
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MUSEUMS SHOWCASE FUNCTIONALISM OF BUILDINGS THREE LOCAL INSTITUTIONS MAKE STATEMENTS THROUGH THEIR ARCHITECTURE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 4/1/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...different impression. The Fuller Museum of Art in Brockton is an open, angular building...tucked into its wooded surroundings, the Art Complex Museum in Duxbury gently mimicks...attractive interiors, the Fuller and the Art Complex also are works of art that extend...
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The integration of fine and applied art in healthcare design
Magazine article from: Healthcare Design; 3/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...civilizations incorporated fine art into their buildings. The...Secessionist movement in Austria, Art Nouveau in Belgium and France, the Chicago School, and the Arts and Crafts movement. All of...maintained integration with fine art. Only one school of architectural...simplified forms and ...
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Bring back the friezes: Manchester Art Gallery's nineteenth-century interiors, splendidly restored in the 1980s with public money, have been spoilt by the gallery's recent redevelopment.(Architecture)
Magazine article from: Apollo; 9/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Can too much money be spent on art? This may seem a surprising...certainly true of Britain's art galleries and museums, whose...towards a refined version of 1960s functionalism.' And 1960s functionalism, notoriously, could not cope...
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Style Bible: Art Deco textiles, a fabulous new interiors shop and contemporary windbreaks
Newspaper article from: Scotland on Sunday; 5/28/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...large bold works of art that reflect his life...June 7 THE DECORATIVE arts exper ienced a creative...Rulmann and Se or the functionalism of Le Corbusier, the...1910-23); Floral Art Deco (1919-31...Period (1931-45). Art Deco Textiles by Alain...dressing THE DECORATIVE arts experienced ...
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Found and frugal spaces: architecture for art; China's growing market for contemporary art has spawned an equally revolutionary crop of new buildings.
Magazine article from: The Architectural Review; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...in the field of contemporary art. As recently as two decades...798' is a masterpiece of functionalism with its spare ribs, arched...state, have now become found art. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Functionalism of a different kind is the...
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Architecture as humanism.(Alvar Aalto, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York)
Magazine article from: Art in America; 5/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; Following The Museum of Modern Art's epochal retrospectives of Louis...rectilinear geometry identified with functionalism, particularly in the International...s piece is "Beyond Modernist Functionalism: The Humanizing of Architecture...
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functionalism
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
functionalism In art and architecture, an early 20th-century style based on utilitarianism . Functionalism rejected ornamentation and stressed...materials used. Major proponents of functionalism included Gropius , Bauhaus , and...
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Arts: Africa
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
...scholarly interest in African art in general did not begin until...the European attitude to the arts of other cultures had changed...representations as the benchmark for the arts of other cultures. And since...anthropologist who first brought Ife art to world attention, attributed...masks today ...
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Mexican art and architecture
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Mexican art and architecture works of art and structures produced in the area that is now the country of Mexico. Such arts were already highly developed in the ancient...native cultures, see pre-Columbian art and architecture . The Colonial Period Folk arts, including the weaving of ...
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Architecture
Book article from: American Decades
...Van Alen broke new ground. Functionalism and Constructivism The influence of art deco on American architecture...of the broader movement of functionalism, which claimed that any...pleasing and utilitarian. In functionalism beauty followed form and...form and design. By joining arts and ...
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Variations in Home Design
Book article from: American Decades
...aesthetic of modernism. Functionalism The Century of Progress Exhibition...of 1933-1934 introduced functionalism to the American public in...single, subdued colors. Functionalism in furniture design remained...Spanish detailing. High Style Art deco and modernist aesthetics...
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