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History of Modern Art
Images and terms from 1850-1950
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Art History
Undergraduate 2
11/29/2013

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Balla, Street Light, 1909, 0/c, Futurism
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Boccioni, Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, 1913, bronze, Futurism
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Duchamp, Fountain, 1917, urinal, Dada 
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Oppenheim, Object: For Breakfast, 1936, fur covered cup, Surrealism
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Kandinsky, Improvisation 28 (second Version) 1912, o/c, Blue Rider
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Malevich, Suprematist Painting (Eight Red Rectangles) 1915, o/c, Suprematist
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Tatlin, Corner Counter Relief, 1915, mixed media, constructivist
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Mondrian, Composition with Yellow, Red, and Blue, De Stijl, o/c, 1927
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Rietveld, Schroeder House, The Netherlands, De Stijl, 1926
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Gropius, Bauhaus Buildings, Dessau, Bauhaus, 1926
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Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye, France, International Style, 1927
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Picasso, Guernica, Surrealism, o/c, 1937
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Rivera, Flower Day, Mexican Muralism, o/c, 1925
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Lange, Migrant Mother, FSA, photo, 1936
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Lawrence, Migration of the Negro, Harlem Renaissance, tempera on Masonite, 1941
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Costa, Brasilia, 1955
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Mies van der Rohe and Johnson, Seagram Building, International Style, NYC, 1954-58
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Sheeler, Ford Plant, Straight Photography, photograph, 1927
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Bourke-White, Fort Peck Dam, Straight Photography,  photograph, 1936 
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Eames and Saarinen, Chair for MOMA competition, 1940, Industrial Design
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De Kooning, Woman I, o/c, Abstract Expressionism, 1950-52
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Pollock, Autumn Rhythm, o/c, Abstract Expressionism, 1950
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Rothko, Lavender and Mulberry, oil on paper on board, Abstract Expressionism, 1959
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Newman, Vir Heroicus Sublimis, o/c, Abstract Expressionism, 1950-51
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Frankenthaler, Mountains and Sea, oil and charcoal on canvas, colorfield, 1952
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Smith, Cubi XIX, stainless steel, minimalism, 1964
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dd, Untitled, iron and Plexiglas, Minimalism, 1977
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Hesse, Untitled (Rope Piece), latex over rope, Minimalism, 1969-70
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Morris, Untitled (Mirror Cube), minimalism, 1969-70
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Nevelson, Sky Cathedral, Minimalism, mixed media, 1958
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Hamilton, Just What Is It That Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing?, collage, Pop Art 1956
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Johns, Target with Plaster Casts, encaustic and collage on canvas, Pop Art, 1955
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Rauschenberg, Canyon, mixed media, Pop Art, 1962
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Warhol, Marilyn Diptych, mixed media, Pop Art, 1962
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Lichtenstein, Oh, Jeff... I Love You, Too...But... oil  and magna on canvas, Pop Art, 1964
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Oldenburg, Lipstick on Caterpillar Tracks, painted steel, Pop Art, 1969
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Ono, Cut Piece, Fluxus, performances, 1964
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Burden, Shoot, Performance Art, performance, 1971
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Klein, Leap into the Void, Conceptual Art, photo, 1960
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Kosuth, One and Three Chairs, mixed media, Conceptual Art, 1965
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Futurism
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Believed art should not be the same as it was in the past. New art to carry into a new lifestyle. Fascists and atheists. Glorified war. Embraced speed, new technology, electricity, and motion in modern world. Ex) Balla's Street light.
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"Degenerate Art"
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General term used by the Nazi's to describe art that deviated from the norm. Anything the Nazi's deemed to be from a sick mind, Jewih, or Bolshevik. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner is an example. Travelling exhibit that tried to let the public see for themselves that art like the impressionist, expressionist, and abstract was degenerate.
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Readymade
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Art that utilized preexisting things and repurposed them as art. Artists believed there were so many items that were already art that there was no reason to try to create more. Focused on aesthetics rather than functionality. Took place during the early 20th century Dada movement. Ex)Marcel Duchamp's fountain
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Surrealism
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Art that was painted realistically but depicted scenes that could never actually exist. Typically used picturesque blue skies, dreamy landscape, but abnormal scenes/creatures developing w/i background. Built on past images to move forward. Ex) Dali
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Dada
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Art that emphasized the futility of art and life. Started in 1920's. It divorced itself from the past said a new age needed new art. Didn't really mean anything, just like the name. "All art is lies." Nihilistic. Ex)Magritte's The Treachery of Images
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Suprematism
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Took place during Russian Revolution.Embraced Communism. Tried to embody balance and order of universe. Removed itself from past. anti-academic art for the masses. Evoke a pure artistic feeling behind subject matter. Took tenets from futurism to create art with a political message of progress. Ex) Malevich's Suprematist Painting (8 Red Rectangles)
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Constructivism
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During Russian Revolution. Made art from nothing, then built it up to be beautiful. Wanted to make images that would breed hope for the future and technology. There was beauty to be found in the ordinary. All art should be abstract. Artists were engineers as much as artists.
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Bauhaus
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Originally an architecture school that opened in 1919,during Weimar Republic, by Walter Gropius. Focused on teaching students interdisciplinary crafts and skills. Eventually came to symbolize its own style. Emphasized steel skeleton framing, use of industrially produced items like huge glass panes, and removed ornamentation. Focus on primary colors. Closed in 1933
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De Stijl
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Literally translates to "The Style". Captured balance and order. Piet Mondrian most prolific. His work became increasingly abstract and eventually removed all brushstrokes to express purity of art.
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Nazi Official Style
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Largely Neoclassical not politically, but visually. Emphasized classic beauty and strength. Promoted "peasant working class" but also emphasized strength of state and a perfect Aryan race. Architecture made you feel as if you had no identity beyond your fellow countrymen. Highly effective propaganda campaign. Ex) Wissel's Farm Family from Kahlenberg
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Harlem Renaissance
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Occurred 1920's-40's. African Americans moved from the South to North. Community found haven in Harlem. Worked other jobs but gave time to cultivate creativity. ex)Lawrence's Migration of the Negro. They were brightly colored and included over 60 panels depicting the movement of his people.
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Mexican Muralism
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Occurred int the 1920's-40's (?). Attempt to create political images that would lead to a change in ideas and policy. Strove to promotes rights of peasants. Generally embraced technology as a force that could improve life. Ex) Rivera, Orozco, and Siqueiros.
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Occurred 1928-59. Stood for Congres International d'Architecture Modern. Brought together architects from across the world. Le Corbusier and Gropius were founding architects. Most prolific after WWII. Congres embraced De Stijl. Inorganic, but thought nature was important for placement of buildings. ex) Le Corbusier's Unite d'Habitation. Unified communities after destruction of WWII
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Abstract Expressionism
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Peaked in 1940's-50's. Put emphasis on the process of making art. Didn't try to evoke a certain idea, emotion or subject (except De Kooning). It was art for the sake of art, appreciated the fact that it was just paint on canvas. Ex)De Kooning, Rothko, Pollock
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Action Painting
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1940's-50's. Focused on putting paint on canvas and expressing the action of making paintings versus end result. Pollock is primary action painter. Paint drip canvas emphasized the fact it was just paint on a canvas.
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Theories of Clement Greenburg
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Leading theorist on Abstract Expressionism. Condemned the kitsch. Art needed to contain new ideas for new times post WWII. True art was honest b/c it was just about the medium not just reproductions of reproductions. Eventually his ideas involved accepting Frozen Gesture and Post-Painterly Abstraction to be the truest art.
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Theories of Harold Rosenburg
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Strongest theorist for Action Painting. Believed that art was action and the process. Abstract Expressionist had breakthrough bc they treated the canvas a surface to record an event. "The American Action Painters" was put out in 1959.
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