1. 1920s Art and Architecture

2. Modernism Modern thought Modernism was a revolt against the conservative values of realism Fernand Leger, The City, 1919 Machinelike Tube shapes- mached parts like pistons and cylinders

3. Stuart Davis, Lucky Strike His sense of jazz tempos and perception of the energy of the fast-paced American culture.

4. Robert Delaunay, Champs de Mars

5. Aaron Douglas, Noah’s Ark Harlem Renaissance Artist Religious vision

6. Cubism Rejected naturalistic depictions Preferred abstract shapes and forms abstracted Reflects the public’s dwindling faith in a safe, concrete world. Reflects fears fostered by physics of Einstein and others.

7. Georges Braque, The Portuguese, 1911

8. Precisionism (aka Cubist Realism) Charles Demuth, My Egypt Themes: – industrialization – modernization of the American landscape. – Expanding technology Extolling industry? Comparison between Egyptian pyramids and American Grain elevators as cultural icons

9. Charles Sheeler, Upper Deck

10. Charles Demuth, Aucassin and Nicolette

11. Dada Mindset/attitude Political anarchy, irrational Reason and logic responsible for WWI Absurdity Word dada- irrational and nonsensical Marcel Duchamp, L.H.O.O.Q.

12. Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, 1917

13. Man Ray, Cadeau, 1921

14. Francis Picabia, Portrait of Cezanne

15. Hannah Hoch, Cut with the Kitchen Knife Dada through the Last Weimar Beer Belly Cultural Epoch of Germany

16. Kurt Schwitters, Merz 19

17. Abstract Photography Edward Weston, Nude

18. Abstract Painting Georgia Okeefe Simplified to almost abstraction

19. Surrealism Expressing the world of dreams and the unconscious Fantasy Exploring the inner psyche Inspired by Sigmund Freud Max Ernst, Two Children Are Threatened by a Nightingale, 1924

20. Salvador Dali, The Persistence of Memory, 1931

22. Surrealist Sculpture Incongruity, humor, visual appeal, eroticism Meret Oppenheim, Object

23. Art Deco Elegant, glamorous, functional modern, decorative, bold, lavish, rich festive. Celebrates the Machine Age through explicit use of man-made materials (particularly glass, stainless steel and the new plastics) symmetry, and repetition. Crisp, symmetrical geometric forms. Used in consumer products such as furniture, china, lamps, cars, jewelry, watches, ash trays etc

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25. Art Deco Architecture Chrysler Building

26. The End of an Era Empire State Building

27. Wrigley Building

28. Tribune Tower

29. “Natural” Architecture Frank Lloyd Wright, Robie House, Chicago, 1907-1909

30. Frank Lloyd Wright, Kauffmann House, Pennsylvania, 1936 “Falling waters”