Karl Friedrich Schinkel 1781-1841 Prussian architect, city planner, and painterNeoclassicalism 『Berlin Old Museum』 『Babelsberg Palace』 『Neue Wache Memorial』
Itsukushima Shrine
Itsukushima shrineCompletion 1241/1556/1571/1680/1875Place: Itsukushima / Miyajima, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima, Japan world Heritage “Aki no Miyajima”, one of the three best views in Japan.The head office of Itsukushima Shrine, which is located…
Walter Gropius
1883-1969German architectFounder of the BauhausPioneers of modern architecture『Fagus Factory』『Bauhaus Dessau building』『Gropius House』 【BOOK】 【MOVIE】
Gunnar Asplund
1885-1940 Swedish architect Nordic Classicism 『Stockholm Public Library』 『Skogskyrkogården』
Gottfried Semper
Gottfried Semper 1803-1879 German architect Classicism Neoclassical Eclectic Pictureless 『Dresden Opera House』 『Dresden Museum』 『Museum of Art』
Byodoin Temple
Byodoin Phoenix Hall Completion: 1053 Place: Uji, Kyoto World Heritage It is famous for Amida-do, which looks like a palace floating in a treasure pond in the Western Paradise.A pair of phoenixes are installed on the…
Imperial Hotel
Imperial HotelCompletion: 1923 Place: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo / Inuyama City, Aichi Design: Frank Lloyd Wright A hotel designed by three great masters of modern architecture. It is characterized by scratch tiles, terracotta and Otani stone decorations. ‥Although…
Pablo Picasso
1881-1973 Spanish painter, sculptor Co-founding the Cubist movement Surrealism 『Les Demoiselles d’Avignon』 『Guernica』 『Bull’s Head
Egon Schiele
1890-1918 Austrian painter Vienna Secession Wiener Werkstätte Art Nouveau 『self-portraits』 『Seated woman with bent knee』 『The Family』
Lyonel Feininger
1871-1956 German-American painter Expressionism, Cubism, Blaue Reiter, Die Brücke, Berlin Secession, Novembergruppe, Bauhaus 『Cathedral of Socialism』 『Gelmeroda』 『The High Shore』
Le Corbusier
1887-1965Swiss-French architect, designer, painterFive Points of ArchitectureFounding member of CIAM『Villa Savoye,』『Unité d’habitation』『Notre Dame du Haut』 【BOOK】 【MOVIE】
Gerrit Thomas Rietveld
1888-1964Dutch architect, furniture designerDe Stijl artistic movement『the Rietveld Schröder House』『Red and Blue Chair』『Zig-Zag Chair』 【BOOK】 【MOVIE】
Piet Mondrian
1872-1944Dutch painter, theoreticianPioneer of 20th-century abstract artContributor to the De Stijl『Gray Tree』『Composition』『Broadway Boogie Woogie』
Louis Sullivan
1856-1924 American architect Chicago School AIA Gold Medal 『Auditorium Building』 『Wainwright Building』 『Guaranty Building』
Oskar Schlemmer
1888-1943 German painter, sculptor, designer and choreographer Bauhaus Meister, party of form and colour, Theory of Performance 『Triadisches Ballett』 『Bauhaustreppe』
Henry van de Velde
1863-1957 Belgian painter, architect, interior designer, and art theorist Art Nouveau German Jugendstil Bauhaus 『Van-de-Velde-Building』 『Kröller-Müller Museum』