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- Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks 1. Match the notion with the right information about it
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Circle the suitable preposition. 1. It was replaced (by, after) young modernist reformers who believed that beauty need not depend on ornament but could be achieved through the manipulation of form. 2. It was with relief that consumers turned to the warmer organic design, with its emphasis on wood and natural materials, that emerged (in, on) Scandinavia in the mid-1930s. 3. The Bauhaus, founded in Weimar in 1919 as a school of arts and crafts, soon became known as a center of avant-garde design (under, with) the direction of Walter Gropius. 4. In 1933, the Nazis closed (down, up) the Bauhaus. 5. The pavilion itself was a prototype (for, to) standardized housing, con- spicuously furnished with commonly available items. 6. In the United States, designers responded to European influences, gradu- ally transforming them (into, at) a uniquely American idiom. 7. The American Designers' Gallery in New York opened in 1928 and intro- duced consumers (to, for) modern interiors and furnishings. 8. Items such as steel, aluminum, and copper were rationed for use (in, at) the war effort. 9. Many American designers worked for the war effort itself, applying their knowledge and expertise (to, in) military exigencies. 10. Inspired (in, at) part by pre-war European efforts this movement energeti- cally promoted modern design. 11. Consumers now had access to goods of modern design (in, with) rapidly increasing quantities. Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks 1. Match the notion with the right information about it: Art Deco, the American Designers' Gallery, Charles and Ray Eames, the Bau- haus, the Good Design movement, Le Corbusier, De Stijl, Pavilion de l'Esprit Nouveau, Russian Constructivism, Streamlined style, World War II. 1. Its decorative flourishes and emphasis on rich and exotic materials seemed increasingly irrelevant, considering the economic pressures of the Great Depression in the United States and growing political instability in Europe. 2. Promised quality-of-life enhancing products for any budget. 3. Style, which reached its apogee at the 1925 Exposition des Arts Déco- ratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris. 35 4. Opened in 1928 and introduced consumers to modern interiors and fur- nishings by designers including Ilonka Karasz, Joseph Urban, and Donald Deskey. 5. Was a forceful rejection of the use of expensive, exotic materials in the extravagant, one-of-a-kind objects that typified Art Deco. 6. Soon became known as a center of avant-garde design under the direction of Walter Gropius. 7. During its brief existence it produced a generation of architects, artists, and designers who spread its teachings around the world. 8. Affected the material and formal developments of architecture and de- sign. Items such as steel, aluminum, and copper were rationed for use in the war effort, forcing designers to substitute nonessential materials, in- cluding cardboard, glass, and plywood, in their designs. 9. Advocated furniture that was rationally designed along industrial princi- ples to reflect function and utility in its purist forms, with a strict rejec- tion of applied ornament. 10. Advocated a seamless unity of art and architecture. 11. Utopian projects embraced a combination of machine forms and abstract art. 12. Developed their highly influential LCW chair, an inexpensive, mass- produced molded plywood object, from their wartime experiments. 13. Worked on behalf of the U.S. Navy, developing molded plywood designs for leg splints. 14. With its aerodynamic forms and implications of speed, reinforced the growing importance of automobiles and trains. 15. Was a prototype for standardized housing, conspicuously furnished with commonly available items such as leather club chairs. жүктеу/скачать 0,79 Mb. Достарыңызбен бөлісу:
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