“Isms” of the 20 th Century

Social Revolutions 1920s-30s Ordering of new societies Often concerned with social reform Mostly paintings, but also strong photography

Rockwell Kent Workers of the World Unite, 1937

Drifter, 1933

Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother

Diego Rivera Mixtec Culture, 1942

Diego Rivera Mixtec Culture, 1942

Diego Rivera The Flower Carrier

Man at the Crossroads (Man, Controller of the Universe), 1932

Bauhaus Joost Schmidt’s poster

A type of abstract art. No recognizable object or figure Usually colors, shapes or lines that don’t resemble real life. Focused on Design and how parts relate to each other (composition) (First formalized organization and labeling of the principles of design)

Black Lines No. 189 Wassily Kandinsky

Kandinsky, Der Blaue Berg

Melodious

Color Study. Squares with Concentric Circles

Composition VII

Wassily Kandinsky Study for Composition No. 2 ( ) Traverse Line

Piet Mondrian (DeStijl)

Composition 10 in Black and White, 1915

Trafalgar Square 1943

“Victory Boogie Woogie” 1944

Harlem Renaissance 1920s African American Art NE section of Manhattan Subject matter: African heritage; slavery; urban life Optimistic for the future

Aspects of Negro Life: From Slavery to Reconstruction Aaron Douglas

Into Bondage

Building More Stately MansionsNegro in an African Setting

Langston Hughes, jazz poet I Dream A World By Langston Hughes I dream a world where man No other man will scorn, Where love will bless the earth And peace its paths adorn I dream a world where all Will know sweet freedom's way, Where greed no longer saps the soul Nor avarice blights our day. A world I dream where black or white, Whatever race you be, Will share the bounties of the earth And every man is free, Where wretchedness will hang its head And joy, like a pearl, Attends the needs of all mankind- Of such I dream, my world!

Abstract Expressionism Use of Large canvases No recognizable subject – non-figurative Dripping, smearing, slathering, and flinging lots of paint onto a canvas Shows struggle for self expression Expresses individual ideas of Freedom Emphasis on spontaneous, automatic or subconscious creation

"Number 8" 1951 Shimmering Substance Jackson Pollock

Number 1, 1949

Characteristics color field Bright, colors are presented in shapes Emphasizes the flatness of the canvas or paper. That is what a painting is about. The excitement comes from the tension set up between the colors and shapes. These works are usually very large which encourage the viewer to experience the color as an enormous, engulfing expanse: a field of color.

Yellow, Orange, Red on Orange, 1954 White Center, 1950 No 14 (untitled) 1960 Mark Rothko

Saffron

Orange and Yellow, 1956

Louise Nevelson

Frank Stella Harran II, 1967