Parallel Modernities Quiz Week 6

Question 1

Which of the following movements or architect is not technically considered an ‘International Style?’

Accepted Answer

Prairie Style

Question 2

How does Adolf Loos Raumplan differ from Le Corbusier’s ‘free plan’ and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Prairie Style?

Accepted Answer

Raumplan arranges the rooms in plan and section

Question 3

What did De Stijl art aim to achieve?

Accepted Answer

A universal art form, free from naturalism and individualism

Question 4

How does Hartoonian define the difference between (techne) and modern technology?

Accepted Answer

The emergence of the machine and mechanisation

Question 5

What aspect of the house does Frank Lloyd Wright place as the central node/axis?

Accepted Answer

The fireplace

Question 6

Which architect did not promote the unity of architecture and the machine?

Accepted Answer

Adolf Loos

Question 7

The Futurist Manifesto (1914) talks of the desire to demolish public buildings, such as museums and libraries. Why?

Accepted Answer

The desire to erase history and tradition

Question 8

‘The old is connected with the individual. The new is connected with the universal.'

Accepted Answer

De Stijl

Question 9

Which art movement was Le Corbusier influenced by in the design on his House of Raoul La Roche?

Accepted Answer

De Stijl

Question 10

What audience did socialist designers aim their propaganda at?

Accepted Answer

Peasants and workers (proletariats)

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