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Matisse - The Woman with a Hat
Fauvism
Clashing colors for dramatic statement |
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Kirchner - Street, Dresden
Die Brucke/German Expressionist
Flattened shapes, distorted figures, crude/pure color |
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Kandinsky - Improvisation 28
Der Blaue Reiter/German Expressionism
Theme of color and form, abstract |
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Picasso - Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
Analytical Cubism
Multiple perspectives, analyzed forms of objects |
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Picasso - Still Life with Chair Caning
Synthetic Cubism
More color than analytical |
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Boccioni - Unique Forms of Continuity in Space
Futurism
Strong political overtimes, Art expressed movement and dynamism |
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Duchamp - Fountain
Dada
Deliberately absurd/irrational/nonsensical/humorous, concept over execution |
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Dali - Persistance of Memory
Surrealism
Sought to release the subconscious mind, Illogical juxtaposition of unlikely subjects
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Malevich - Suprematist Composition 1914
Suprematism
Purity and simplification, Art entirely abstract in order to be rational |
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Tatlin - Monument to the Third International
Constructivism
Emphasis on dramatic use of materials, influenced by the Cubists and Futurists |
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Mondrian - Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow
De Stijl (Dutch Rationalism)
Horizontal and vertical lines, art is universal language, primary colors |
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Le Corbusier - Villa Savoye
International Style
Simple geometric aesthetic, clean lines, crisp design, no ornamentation |
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Wright - Falling Water (Kauffman House)
Prairie School of Architecture
Contrating textures, simple geometric shapes |
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Lawrence - The Migration Series
American Scene Painting/Social Realism
Exalted struggles of the working class, used to highlight injustice and motivate reform |
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Wood - American Gothic
Regionalism
Reflects inward focus of the Depression, Rejection of avant garde, abstraction, and European modernism |
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