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Lecture 4: 1 and 4: 2 20th century

Lecture 4: 1 and 4: 2 20th century. Glasgow Style, Celtic Revival, Geddes. 20th century. History : Glasgow Herald Building (now Lighthouse), 1893-4. History :GSA East elevation and the Scottish tower house. Functionality: Glasgow School of Art, 1896, front elevation and window cleaners.

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Lecture 4: 1 and 4: 2 20th century

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  1. Lecture 4: 1 and 4: 2 20th century Glasgow Style, Celtic Revival, Geddes. 20th century

  2. History :Glasgow Herald Building (now Lighthouse), 1893-4

  3. History :GSA East elevation and the Scottish tower house

  4. Functionality: Glasgow School of Art, 1896, front elevation and window cleaners

  5. Functionality: Glasgow School of Art, 1896, railings, clear route to entrance

  6. Decoration: Queen’s Cross Church, Glasgow, 1876-9, detail of capital, individually designedGlasgow School of Art, 2nd phase, 1906-10, library detail of rails on gallery, repetitive to enliven surfaceButterfly Flower

  7. Symbolism and representation: 7. Glasgow School of Art, 1896, Stained glass from Ladies loo and Director’s Room

  8. Symbolism and representation: Argyll St tearoom billiard room chair = billiards / GSA fireplace in governor’s room = hearth, cottage, warmth, monolithic primitivism

  9. Symbolism and representation:GSA clock, squares = tick-tock/ GSA sculpture round entrance = women, hair, genius, creativity

  10. Mood: Glasgow School of Art, 2nd phase, 1906-10, library, contemplative, study, introversion/ Hillhouse, Helensburgh, 1901-2, drawing room, reading, sewing, brightness, conversation, outlook to garden

  11. Abstraction: Willow Tearoom, 1904, plaster frieze/ Glasgow School of Art, 2nd phase, 1906-10, library window – pattern, shapes, non-representational

  12. Composition: Scotland Street School, 1903-06, shapes and distribution of forms/ Glasgow School of Art, 1896, rear elevation, flat, no depth – Japanese prints. Silhouettes and distribution of dark openings

  13. Stylisation:Stencil detail from the Turin Chair, art nouveau forms/ GSA roof finial – stylised ‘Tree of Life’ (Glasgow symbol)/ trees on rear of Scotland Street School

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