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Modernist Assault on Tradition
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Medicine
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Travel
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Work load
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Communication
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19th century London
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Inventions
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Inventions
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Inventions
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Inventions
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Self destruction
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End of 19th Century Relatively peaceful Contrast between rich and poor
Contrast between democracy and totalitarianism Fight for supremacy
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Great War
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New Physics 200 years based on Newton’s Principia Two distinct realms
First law of motion Second law of motion Third law of motion Two distinct realms Atomic particles Space
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Atomic Particles & Space
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Max Planck 1858-1947 Early work – thermodynamics & radiation processes
1900 – quanta Bio
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Albert Einstein Biography 1916 – Theory of relativity
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Werner Heisenberg Position & Momentum = Uncertainty relation (1927)
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Applications of New Physics
Practical Technology Atomics Theoretical Uncertainty Inaccessible
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20th Century Poetry Change from 19th Century Style in 20th Century
Conceptual language Abstraction No fixed meter Use of imagery
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Ezra Pound 1885-1972 American Ex-patriot
Huge contributor to American poetry Imagist Manifesto (1913) Free verse rhythm “Make it new”
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Robert Frost 1874-1963 Popular & beloved poet Lyric Poetry Style
Metered verse Plain speech
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20th Century Art
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19th Century Art
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Impressionist Art
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Modern Life & Art Industrialism New technology in art Avant garde
Stripped down style Unconventional techniques
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Pablo Picasso 1881-1973 Major artist of 20th century Biography
Art described as overlapping periods
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Blue Period World of the poor Melancholy
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Rose Period 1905-6 Lighter palette & lyricism
Subject matter drawn from circus life
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Les Demoiselles d’Avignon
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Cezanne
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African Masks
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Picasso, Les Demoiselle d’Avignon, 1907, Modern
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Western Art
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Cubism Geometric & abstract forms most important 1907-1914
Influential – Picasso & Braque To 1912 – Analytical Cubism
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Synthetic Cubism Second phase
Decorative shapes, stenciling, collage & brighter colors Collage Starts with Braque
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Braques, Still Life on a Table, 1914, Synthetic Cubism
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Picasso’s Guitar
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Futurism “Make it new!” Technology & art combined
Founded in 1909 in Italy
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Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
Futurist manifesto Violence & conflict Very aggressive & meant to inspire anger & controversy
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Unique Forms of Continuity in Space
Umberto Boccioni Speed & force
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Balla, Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash, 1912, Futurism
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Duchamp, Nude Descending a Staircase #2, 1912, Modernism
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Fauvism Color has primacy 1905 Matisse – forerunner of movement
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Madame Mattisse (the Green Line), 1905
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Abstraction in Sculpture
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Brancusi, Bird in Space, 1928, Abstract
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20th Century Architecture
2 new materials Ferroconcrete Cantilever
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Frank Lloyd Wright 1869-1959 Unprecedented style
Combined steel & glass with aesthetics of Asian architecture
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Prairie Style
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Wright, Fallingwater, 1936-1939, Modern
More images
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Bauhaus & International Style
Walter Gropius – 1918 Form follows function Classical forms with no extraneous ornaments
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Music 19th century example Radical changes in 20th Century
New Techniques Polytonal Atonal Polyrhythmic
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Arnold Schoenberg Short statements of single extreme musical state Opus 22
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Igor Stravinsky 1882-1971 Biography Ballet composer
The Rite of Spring, 1913
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Modern Dance
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Vaslav Nijinsky 1888-1950 Choreographer & dancer
Sergei Diaghilev’s protégé Controversial ballets
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Martha Graham 1894-1991 Very influential
Created one of oldest dance troops in America Biography
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