Download presentation
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
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.
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
53
Migration of the Negro series
Jacob Lawrence Migration of the Negro series
54
Lawrence, Migration of the Negro No. 49, 1940-1941
66
Wood, American Gothic, 1930
67
Wood, American Gothic, 1930
73
Hopper, Nighthawks, 1942
76
Orozco, Epic of American Civilization: Hispano-America, 1932-1934
Similar presentations
© 2025 SlidePlayer.com. Inc.
All rights reserved.