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Design Movements in History

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This minimalist architect popularized this saying:

"Less is more"

a)

Louis Sullivan

b)

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

c)

Frank Lloyd Wright

d)

Le Corbusier

2.

In an era of increasing industrialism and urbanization, he embraced an idealized vision of the artisanship and craftsmanship, and has established the Arts & Crafts Movement.

a)

Alphonse Mucha

b)

Walter Gropius

c)

Hector Guimard

d)

William Morris

3.

This Art Nouveau designer 's signature work can be seen around Paris as entrances to the city's underground railway system.

a)

Antoni Gaudi

b)

Hector Guimard

c)

Louis Comfort Tiffany

d)

Alphonse Mucha

4.

This Art Deco icon of the New York skyline was designed by William Van Alen, a French-trained American architect previously known for designing several eye-catching skyscrapers in Midtown Manhattan.

a)

Rockefeller Center

b)

Citigroup Center

c)

Empire State Building

d)

Chrysler Building

5.

Choose the odd one out. ART NOUVEAU Designers

a)

Hector Guimard

b)

Alphonse Mucha

c)

Le Corbusier

d)

Antoni Gaudi

6.

This chair is largely considered the most famous furniture design of the 20th century designed by the renowned architect Mies van der Rohe

a)

Chaise Lounge

b)

Grand Comfort

c)

Barcelona Chair

d)

Wassily Chair

7.

An American architect known for this organic structure that sought to integrate buildings within the landscape, called Fallingwater

a)

Louis Sullivan

b)

Frank Lloyd Wright

c)

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

d)

Walter Gropius

8.

Art Nouveau architect, Antoni Gaudi's sculptural work is regarded to be the tallest, if not one of the largest, churches in the world when it is completely finished.

a)

La Sagrada Familia

b)

Parc Güell

c)

Casa Milà

d)

Casa Batlló

9.

Works from this movement are mostly symmetrical, geometric, streamlined, often simple, and pleasing to the eye. This style challenged everyday viewers to find meaning and beauty in what were often unapologetically anti-traditional images and forms.

a)

Art Nouveau

b)

Art Deco

10.

Bauhaus designer Marcel Breuer's "The Wassily Chair" is a sleek amalgamation of curving, overlapping stainless steel tubes, with taut rectangular fabric panels floating like geometric forms in space.

a)
b)
c)
d)