Modern Architecture: International Exhibition
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Modern Architecture: International Exhibition was a landmark 1932 Museum of Modern Art show that helped define and popularize the International Style in modern architecture.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
MoMA exhibition
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architecture exhibition → museum exhibition → |
| aim |
to define the International Style in modern architecture
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to popularize modern architecture to the American public → |
| alsoKnownAs |
International Style exhibition
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Modern Architecture: International Exhibition 1932 → |
| associatedWithConcept |
International Style
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| associatedWithPublication |
The International Style: Architecture Since 1922
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| city |
New York City
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| country |
United States
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| curatedBy |
Henry-Russell Hitchcock
NERFINISHED
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Philip Johnson NERFINISHED → |
| curatorialApproach |
didactic presentation of architectural principles
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| decade |
1930s
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| featuredArchitect |
Gerrit Rietveld
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J. J. P. Oud NERFINISHED → Le Corbusier → Ludwig Mies van der Rohe NERFINISHED → Raymond Hood → Richard Neutra NERFINISHED → Walter Gropius NERFINISHED → |
| field |
architecture
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| hasExhibitionCatalogue |
Modern Architecture: International Exhibition catalogue
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| influenced |
acceptance of modernist architecture in the United States
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architectural discourse on modernism → |
| institutionTypeOfOrganizer |
art museum
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| language |
English
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| locatedIn |
Museum of Modern Art, New York City
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| medium |
architectural drawings
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models → photographs → |
| openingDate |
1932-02-09
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| organizedBy |
MoMA Department of Architecture
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Museum of Modern Art → |
| organizedUnderDirector |
Alfred H. Barr Jr.
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| relatedMovement |
Bauhaus
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Modernism → |
| significance |
helped codify the principles of the International Style
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introduced European modernist architects to a broad American audience → landmark exhibition in the history of modern architecture → |
| subject |
International Style in architecture
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modern architecture → |
| theme |
avoidance of applied ornament
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regularity rather than symmetry → volume rather than mass → |
| title |
Modern Architecture: International Exhibition
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| year |
1932
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Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Modern Architecture: International Exhibition
("Modern Architecture: International Exhibition 1932")
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Modern Architecture: International Exhibition ("International Style exhibition") → |
alsoKnownAs |
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Modern Architecture: International Exhibition
("The International Style: Architecture Since 1922")
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associatedWithPublication |
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Henry-Russell Hitchcock
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curated |
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Modern Architecture: International Exhibition
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title |