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Art History 102 Group Research Library Assignment, 2009-2012: 102-13 Modern American Art & Design

AH 102 Library Research Assignment guide includes links to tutorials, questions, research topics, lists of reference resources, and items from Special Collections

Modern American Art & Design Group Research Topics

 

[1] Wiener Werkstatte

RISD museum: Josef Hoffmann side chair

Materials: bentwood

Typology: the chair

source: Thonet bentwood

                                

[2] Frank Lloyd Wright

RISD museum: Frank Lloyd Wright  library table

Related art/design movements: Arts and Crafts

Typology: the desk (domestic vs office)

[3] Women designers at the Bauhaus

RISD museum: Margarete Heymann-Loebenstein-Marks

footed bowl and teapot (1930) 2008.28.1-2

Related art/design movement: Bauhaus

Typology: the tea service

this designer is in,
Bauhaus women : art, handicraft, design

[4] Avant-garde and graphic design

RISD museum: El Lissitzky, For the Voice (1923) 2006.92.1

Related art/ design movements: futurism; constructivism

Typology: the book

[5] Louis Comfort Tiffany

RISD museum: Louis Comfort Tiffany glassware

Related art/design movement: Art Nouveau

Materials: Favrile glass

Typology: the vessel/ cup/ bowl


Library Assignment introduced: Tuesday March 6, 2012

Library Assignment & Group Presentations are to be completed prior to
the beginning of class on Tuesday March 13, 2012

Meet for class in Library Classroom 228 on Tuesday March 13th, 2:50pm