Unit 14-15 main ideas

Carson, Pirie, Scott and company building

• desire for greater speed and economy in a building started the use of iron for building commercial projects

• cast iron allowed the building to be taller, slimmer walls, and large windows

• “form follows function”

• Sullivan built the department store and office building with the knowledge of the maturing consumer economy in mind

falling water

• cross axial plan

• he was a believer of “ natural and organic “ buildings

• building designed to serve free individuals who have the right to move within a “ free “ space

• integrated with nature

Les demoiselles D’Avignon

• cubism was a new way of seeing the world

• The Louvre installed an exhibition of African masks that changed the way Picasso thought about art which inspired this piece

• primitivism ; belief tat a simpler, pre industrial life close to nature is more valuable than modern civilization

• Avignon - seat of a papal court. Demoiselle - prostitute. Avignon - red light district in Barcelona

• extreme eroticism and sensuality

• Picasso suggest woman are not gentle and passive creates as men would like them to be

the Portuguese

• the Portuguese symbolized analytic cubism

• the cubists choose solely brown tones and muted colors in order to focus attention on form

• shows in a 2D and 3D point of view

• braque is purposely not making the painting look realistic to remind you that its just a painting while giving a slight sense of space at the same time

• the stamping of letters onto the painting makes it look like a real object and not a window into reality ( makes you notice paint and texture rather than the object it self )

goldfish

• the use of bright colors are used for emotion ( fauve )

• multiple perspectives

• you can see multiple angles at once ( top + side )

• unlike chaotic modern life, this painting feels peaceful

• shows art doesn’t have to be realistic to show emotion

self portrait as a soldier

• painting reflects the mental and emotional damage caused by WW1 ( effects the mind and identity )

• the severed hand symbolizes the loss of the artists ability to create

• distorted figures and intense expression show inner turmoil and bright colors show emotional effect

• German expressionism focused on expressing emotion rather than reality

memorial sheet for Karl Liebknecht

• the work shows a deep sorrow over the death of Karl liebknecht who fought against the WW and stood up for peoples rights and work class

• the crowd around the body shows unity and collective grief

• the German expressionism emphasized emotion due to the time period

• all of this is a political protest and remembrance

• the woodblock print was a cheap and easy way to produce that made sure it could be widely shared

improvisation 28

• Kandinsky believed art should be expressed with emotion and spirituality

• it represents German expressionism being the artist focuses on inner feelings rather than realistic representation

• no object ( apocalypse )

Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow

• Mondrian wanted to reduce art to its purest form : basic geometry and primary colors

• believed the visual simplicity reflected universal harmony and order

• de stijl ideals : balance, clarity, and spiritual order through simplicity

Illustration from the Results of the first five year plan

• photomontage and graphic design style

• elements are arranged at sharp angles creating a sense of movement and industrial energy

• color scheme makes design feel bold and political ( Joseph Stalin )

• this is the soviet economic program meant to show progress, productivity and national strength

• emphasis that industry and labor build the future of society

Fountain ( second version )

• Duchamp redefines art by calling it “ready-made” which is an ordinary object chosen by the artist and presented as art

• reflects ideals of the dada - rejects traditional aesthetics and mocked the art establishment

Object

• it reflects surrealist interest in the unconscious mind, dreams and irrational connections

• surrealisms goal is to break logical thinking and reveal hidden psychological associations

• artists try to create visceral reactions - some you feel immediately - so you respond instinctively not intellectually

Villa Savoye

• international style emphasizes : function over decoration, clean geometry, modern materials like reinforced corvette and glass

• the raised structure allows air, light and landscape to flow freely underneath connection architecture to nature

Seagram building

• international style emphasizes simplicity, function and lack or ornamentation

• “ less is more “

• use of steel, glass and bronze

dream of a Sunday afternoon in the Alameda park

• it critiques social inequality showing contrasts between rich elites and poor citizens

• the skeleton figure represents death has as a shared human condition

• rivera places himself as a child holding the skeletons hand to symbolize his connection to Mexican history and identity

• mexican moralism ; educate the public, celebrate Mexican culture, and critique colonialism and inequality

The two Fridas

• painting is about Fridas dual identity after her divorce from Diego rivera

• on the left ( European ) her heart is exposed and is made to be vulnerable and broken suggesting emotional pain and rejection

• on the right ( Mexican ) her heart is fully intact and stronger symbolizing pride and emotional resilience for her culture

• the scissors represent cutting emotional ties related to her separation from rivera

the jungle

• it critiques the history of colonialism and slavery in cuba especially in the sugar plantation system

• the distorted figures are a symbol of loss of identity under colonial oppression

• the jungle is a symbol of economic violence

• influence by surrealism - focuses on dreams, myth and the subconscious

the migration series

• shows conditions of African Americans migrating north

• physical and emotional exhaustion of long journeys by train

• lack fo space reflects the reality that many migrants traveled in overcrowded segregated conditions

Woman 1

• painting is gestural with heavy almost violet brush marks

• the abstract expressionism focuses on emotion, instinct and unconscious thought rather than realistic depiction

the Bay

• soak and stain method

• emphasizes emotion through color and fluidity

Marilyn diptych

• Warhol used the Maryland state seal to show how official symbols can become repeated mass produced images

• the repetition suggests loss of uniqueness as even important symbols become part of the visual noise in consumer culture

• pop art : blur the line between art, advertising and everyday imagery

lipstick on caterpillar tracks

• combines feminine consumer culture with military power

• tension reflects pop arts interest in everyday objects made monumental

• protests during the Vietnam war

Narcissus garden

• mirror create a fragmented reflection of the viewer suggesting obsession

• performance art

• installation ; viewers become apart of the art work

the gates

• environmental art

• emphasizes movement, time and experience over performance

• temporary and a non commercial expirience

Spiral Jetty

• environmental art

• great salt lake, Utah

• emphasizes entropy - meaning natural processes of decay and change overtime

Vietnam veterans memorial

• minimalist

• interactive

• controversial because to was too emotional, abstract and unpatriotic for war memorial