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Maison de Verre

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The Maison de Verre (French for House of Glass) was built from 1928 to 1932 in Paris, France. [1]

31 relations: Architect, Architecture, Beam (structure), Constructivist architecture, Expressionism, France, French Communist Party, French language, Glass, Glass brick, House, Jacques Lipchitz, Jean Cocteau, Joan Miró, Light fixture, Louis Aragon, Marxism, Max Ernst, Max Jacob, Modern architecture, Nicolai Ouroussoff, Pablo Picasso, Paris, Paul Éluard, Paul Scheerbart, Pierre Chareau, Steel, Surrealism, Tile, Walter Benjamin, Yves Tanguy.

Architect

An architect is a person who plans, designs, and reviews the construction of buildings.

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Architecture

Architecture is both the process and the product of planning, designing, and constructing buildings or any other structures.

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Beam (structure)

A beam is a structural element that primarily resists loads applied laterally to the beam's axis.

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Constructivist architecture

Constructivist architecture was a form of modern architecture that flourished in the Soviet Union in the 1920s and early 1930s.

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Expressionism

Expressionism was a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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French Communist Party

The French Communist Party (Parti communiste français, PCF) is a communist party in France.

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French language

French (le français or la langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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Glass

Glass is a non-crystalline amorphous solid that is often transparent and has widespread practical, technological, and decorative usage in, for example, window panes, tableware, and optoelectronics.

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Glass brick

Glass brick, also known as glass block, is an architectural element made from glass.

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House

A house is a building that functions as a home.

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Jacques Lipchitz

Jacques Lipchitz (16 May 1973) was a Cubist sculptor, from late 1914.

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Jean Cocteau

Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, writer, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker.

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Joan Miró

Joan Miró i Ferrà (20 April 1893 – 25 December 1983) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist born in Barcelona.

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Light fixture

A light fixture (US English), light fitting (UK English), or luminaire is an electrical device that contains an electric lamp that provides illumination.

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Louis Aragon

Louis Aragon (3 October 1897 – 24 December 1982) was a French poet, who was one of the leading voices of the surrealist movement in France, who co-founded with André Breton and Philippe Soupault the surrealist review Littérature.

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Marxism

Marxism is a method of socioeconomic analysis that views class relations and social conflict using a materialist interpretation of historical development and takes a dialectical view of social transformation.

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Max Ernst

Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976) was a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet.

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Max Jacob

Max Jacob (12 July 1876 – 5 March 1944) was a French poet, painter, writer, and critic.

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Modern architecture

Modern architecture or modernist architecture is a term applied to a group of styles of architecture which emerged in the first half of the 20th century and became dominant after World War II.

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Nicolai Ouroussoff

Nicolai Ouroussoff (Николай Владимирович Урусов; born October 3, 1962) was the architecture critic for The New York Times from 2004 until June 2011.

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Pablo Picasso

Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet and playwright who spent most of his adult life in France.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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Paul Éluard

Paul Éluard, born Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (14 December 1895 – 18 November 1952), was a French poet and one of the founders of the surrealist movement.

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Paul Scheerbart

Paul Karl Wilhelm Scheerbart (8 January 1863 in Danzig – 15 October 1915 in Berlin) was a German author of fantastic literature and drawings.

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Pierre Chareau

Pierre Chareau (4 August 1883 – 24 August 1950) was a French architect and designer.

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Steel

Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon and other elements.

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Surrealism

Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for its visual artworks and writings.

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Tile

A tile is a manufactured piece of hard-wearing material such as ceramic, stone, metal, or even glass, generally used for covering roofs, floors, walls, showers, or other objects such as tabletops.

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Walter Benjamin

Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin (15 July 1892 – 26 September 1940) was a German Jewish philosopher, cultural critic and essayist.

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Yves Tanguy

Raymond Georges Yves Tanguy (January 5, 1900 – January 15, 1955), known as Yves Tanguy, was a French surrealist painter.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maison_de_Verre

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