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Marcel Duchamp. Nude Descending a Staircase. 1910
-from DADA movement
-french artist, unitelligable
-cubist, futurist |
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Joseph Stella. Brooklyn Bridge. 1920
-he is italian comes to U.S. at age 19
-technique, light and reflection
-dynamic sensse of movement
-symbol of NY |
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John A. Roebling. Brooklyn Bridge. 1870
-was called 8th wonder of the world
-symbol of American ingenuity |
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Charles Demuth. I saw the figure Five in Gold. 1930
-compared to Hartley with very few colors.
-precursor to pop art
-based on poem about the Great Figure
-style:Precisionism
-geometric, coolness, and objectivity |
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Charles Demuth. My Egypt. 1930
-Precisionist
-explores industrial America
-modernism
-very american subject and themes
-functioning American landscapes
3 Diff Opinions
-he gets sick and is stuck at home like the jews stuck in Egypt
-modern American artists could escape and be free in Europe
-Grain elevater barns will soon be gone, nostalgic feel
-Obsession during this time with Egyptology, King Tut is found |
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Charles Sheeler. American Landscape. 1930
-more interested in industrialism
-very sharp work, tight brushstroke goes well with manufacturism
-luminism is shown here
-everything is manmade, world of modern machines |
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Charles Sheeler. Drive Wheels. 1940
-he is commisioned by several people to celebrate machinery
-influenced by the logic of machinery
-how shape and form come together
-some call it the first cubist photograph |
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Charles Sheeler. Cross Crossed Conveyors. 1930
-densely complex
-sublime
-taking to realm of fine arts |
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Stanton McDonald-Wright. Abstraction on Spectrum (Organization 5). c. 1910
-synchromism
-completely abstract
-large and very colorful
-its the 1st time in U.S.
-people didn't about it |
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Morgan Russell. Symphony in Orange:To Form. 1915
-color and sound similar way
-rythmic
-Armory show paved way for American modernism in 50's |
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Arthur Dove. Nature Symbolized No. 2. 1915
-evoked nature
-rhythmic and captures spirit
-maintained clear reference to natural world |
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