THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BRUTALISM, SIMPLICITY AND ART IN THE LIGHT OF LOOS' PRINCIPLE 'ORNAMENT IS A CRIME'

Abstract

It started and developed with many periods and current architectures. Along with architecture, we can say that sculpture, painting and even music have developed. Therefore, it is impossible to think and understand a period independent of architecture.

Architectural structures appearing in the squares as a big monument, besides the duty of providing service, also inspire people.

In this context, adolf Loos, one of the important names of modern architecture, is a manifestation of low human profile according to the cultural and aesthetic theory revealed by the architecture. According to him, the phenomenon called beauty should be sought only in simplicity.

According to Loos, Art Nouveau and Secession architecture are consuming products and they are the objects of reality that replace reality. In this context, covering the surfaces of architectural buildings with different decoration elements is as scary as the people wearing the mask on the surface and concealing the real beauty.

Loos’s designs also feature simple forms without decoration, where basic building elements such as concrete, glass and steel appear.

In this study, a reading will be made about the aesthetic theory that Loos summarized as “ornament is a crime and in light of that theory, the examples that cement presents to art production will be evaluated.