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1 Early 20th Century Modern Art Part III

2 Russian Avant Garde

3 Malevich, Suprematist Composition: Airplane Flying, 1915

4 Malevich, Suprematist Composition: Airplane Flying, 1915

5 Suprematism Concerned with pure form: square, line, rectangle
Shapes not related to actual objects “Supremacy of pure feeling”

6 Gabo, Column, 1923

7 Constructivism Construct art not create it
Wanted to build a technological utopia Used synthetic materials: glass, plastic, metal

8 Tatlin, Monument to the Third International, 1919-1920

9 Productivism Functional art, not abstract
Art should create useful products for the new society “Art is a social product, conditioned by the social environment.”

10 Compare and contrast these

11 Some Questions to Consider
What are the dominant colors? What are the basic shapes? What is the relationship of the title to the work? What is the approach to abstraction in each work?

12 The Bauhaus and the International Style

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15 Gropius, the Bauhaus, 1925-1926, Dessau Germany

16 Gropius, the Bauhaus, 1925-1926, Dessau, Germany

17 Bauhaus A movement/method not a style Improve human condition
Simple, streamlined houses for workers Mass producible methods; machine design Craftsmanship important Blurred boundaries between art, craft, architecture Everything can be designed: chair to faucet

18 Traits of Bauhaus Architecture
Free plan interiors; no interior load-bearing walls Use of concrete, glass, & steel Stark white cubes Unadorned wall surfaces: “no romantic embellishment or whimsy” Strip windows flush with wall plane Flat roofs

19 LeCourbusier, Villa Savoye, 1929, Poissy-sur-Seine, France

20 LeCourbusier, Villa Savoye, 1929

21 LeCourbusier, Notre-Dame-du-Haut, 1950-1955

22 LeCourbusier, Notre-Dame-du-Haut, 1950-1955, Ronchamp, France

23 LeCourbusier, Notre-Dame-du-Haut, 1950-1955

24 LeCourbusier, Notre-Dame-du-Haut, 1950-1955

25 LeCourbusier, Notre-Dame-du-Haut, 1950-1955

26 Frank Lloyd Wright

27 His great discovery, he said was “the idea of eliminating the containment which is the box, reaching out and amplifying space, dragging things in from the outside”

28 Wright, Robie House,

29 Wright, Robie House, Chicago, Illinois, 1907-1908

30 Wright, Robie House, Chicago, Illinois, 1907-1908

31 Wright, Robie House,

32 Wright, Robie House,

33 Prairie School Integration with landscape Horizontal orientation
Natural materials Broad overhanging eaves (cantilever) Horizontal bands of windows Craftsmanship Disciplined use of ornament

34 Wright, Fallingwater, Bear Run, Pennsylvania,1936-1939

35 Wright, Fallingwater, Bear Run, Pennsylvania,1936-1939

36 Cantilever is a beam supported on only one end. The beam carries the load to the support where it is resisted by moment and shear stress. Cantilever construction allows for overhanging structures without external bracing.

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38 Wright, Fallingwater, Bear Run, Pennsylvania,1936-1939

39 Wright, Falling Water,

40 Wright, Guggenheim Museum, 1943-1959 New York, NY

41 Wright, Guggenheim Museum, 1943-1959 New York, NY

42 Wright, Guggenheim Museum, 1943-1959 New York, NY

43 Wright, Guggenheim Museum, 1943-1959 New York, NY

44 Wright, Guggenheim Museum, 1943-1959 New York, NY

45 Wright, Guggenheim Museum, 1943-1959 New York, NY

46 Depression Art

47 Dorothea Lange

48 Lange, Migrant Mother, 1935

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53 Migration of the Negro series
Jacob Lawrence Migration of the Negro series

54 Lawrence, Migration of the Negro No. 49, 1940-1941

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66 Wood, American Gothic, 1930

67 Wood, American Gothic, 1930

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73 Hopper, Nighthawks, 1942

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76 Orozco, Epic of American Civilization: Hispano-America, 1932-1934

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