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New Objectivity |
The return to realism after WWI, social criticism. |
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Degenerate Art |
Not Ideal, considered a joke to Hitler, but because of that it was popular. It was opposed by the House of German Art, which was represented by classical tradition, order and power, ideals and hyper clarity. |
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Modigliani and Chaim Soutine |
Connected to the Rennissaince The Maudits (cursed for their bohemian lifestyle, die young) But becomes more modern and abstract |
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De Stijl |
Mathematical attempted to reveal truth No subjectivity |
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Mondrian |
All of us are meant to see the same thing, its flat, primary, cannot be the broken down any further. Black lines fuse everything down. |
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Rietveld's Living Room |
Ideals of De Stijl brought into everyday life. Makes you a better person. |
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Bauhaus |
Art School in Germany focused in architecture for functionality and purpose. |
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Bauhaus architecture vs. Frank Lloyd Wright |
Bauhaus: Harmony of function, Metal and factory made. Lloyd Wright: Nature inspired, wood and not factory made. |
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Influence of Bauhaus |
Modern design, folding tables, stackable chairs. Glass curtain buildings, overhanging eaves in architecture, 1st floor recedes. |
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Rohe's Model for a Skyscraper |
Good design + functional, truth to materials, well used space. Interior structural support, this began the cliche, truth in architecture. |
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Exquisite Corpse |
A game created by the first 'surrealists' Random, not realistic, nonsensical, often mildly perverse. |
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Surrealism |
Bizarre ideas, unique, tapping into the world of the dream. |
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Two branches of surrealism |
Abstract-no thought (Arp) Object out of Context-realistic with no purpose. (Dali) |
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Guernica |
is dreamlike and nightmarish. more like his cubism than surrealism. Based on tragic battle in guernica, bombs dropped on a non-war zone. |
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American art of the 20th century vs. that of Europe |
They were ambivalent to modernism They were using social realism |
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Alfred Stieglitz and his gallery |
Opened the 291 gallery, hugely influencial because European Avant-Garde was filtering into America |
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1913 Armory Show |
First time a large range of artists were shown for americans, first push to modernism. This was ridiculed by press (added to its popularity) traveled from New York to Chicago. |
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Purpose of Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans |
Depicted harsh realities, such as the great depression. |
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Regionalist Painters |
Post WWI, nationalistic, non-abstract, american themes, federal arts projects not highbrow. disliked by social realists, grant wood was a major proponent. |
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Intent behind DIA murals |
"Industry Mural" by Diego Rivera Shows everyone as part of the machine. Controversial because government spent money on non-american artists. "Its the sacrifice of thousands at the purpose of industry + Machine" Mocking America |
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Alexander Calder |
Made Mobiles, start of kinetic art in america. Avant Garde in American Sculpture |
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Two Strands of Abstract Expressionism |
Gestural: Pollock, DeKooning, Kline Colorfeild: Rothko, Newman, Motherwell, Reinhardt |
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Jackson Pollock |
Navajo sand painting influence never touched the canvas influenced by automatic drawing pieces weren't about anything |
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Mark Rothko |
Influenced by Nietzche and Mythology Appealing to emotions Commemerative of those lost in the holocaust because "no words could articulate the loss" |
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Francis Bacon |
Raw + Unsettling Viewed life as meaningless mashed up classical subject matter |
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Barbara Hepworth |
Theme of Motherhood Back to Shapes Smoothness of driftwood in marble and stone |
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Pop Art |
Takes inspiration from everyday objects, Christo & Jean-Claude- husband + wife team, found random mundane objects and wrap them up, creates mystery around the mundane Raushenburg- created art combines out of random junk, would have been DaDa if earlier |
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Happenings |
Flash mob of people doing weird things Art out of the gallery Only requirement is to call it a happening |
