Art (works)

artworks :D

I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold

• painter Charles Demuth

• 1928

• simple color scheme and angular lines

• uses symbols, images, and texts related to Demuth’s subject

• alludes to urban setting

The Lawrence Tree

• Georgia O’Keefe

• 1929

• uses unusual perspective and colors to symbolize

• was intended to be hung upside down when displayed

Leaf Pattern

• Imogen Cunningham

• 1929

• Pictorialist style

Rayograph

• Man Ray

• 1922

• Surrealist technique

• placing objects on light-sensitive paper and exposed paper to light

Chrysler Building

• William Van Alen

• 1928-30

• Art Deco

• new materials, energy oriented motifs, egyptian elements

• chrome gargoyles, chevron brickwork, luxury materials, and a “crown”

Woman on Sofa

• Guy Pene Du Bois

• 1922-27

• demonstrates Jazz Age attitudes towards women, specifcally the flapper

• woman makes eye contact w viewer

Spring Sale at Bendel’s

• Florine Stettheimer

• 1921

• pokes fun at the frenzy of American consumer culture

• breaks down distinction between “high” and “popular” culture

• campy

• references persian miniature paintings, bright colors, and lots of detail

Couple, Harlem

• James Van Der Zee

• 1932

• photos of black couples after the Great Migration

• used props backgrounds and fancy clothes to portray status

• couple demonstrates status by showcasing a Cadillac V-16

Saturday Night

• Archibald Motley Jr.

• 1935

• raised questions of colorism

• has a sense of energy and visual syncopation

America Today: City Activities

• Thomas Hart Benton

• 1930-31

• referenced the prohibition era

• highlights urban trends

Watch

• Gerald Murphy

• 1925

• symbolizes energy and optimism

• has lots of intricate gears

• represents speed and control overtime

• american consumer culture

Ethiopia Awakening

• Meta Warrick Fuller

• 1921

• pan-african movement

• commissioned by james weldon johnson

• linked egypt and ethiopia

Boy Stealing Fruit

• Yasuo Kunioshi

• 1923

• japanese and american folk art aestethics

Ennis House

• Frank Lloyd Wright

• 1923-24

• prarie style

• mayan temples influenced Wright’s “romanza” style

Bowl and Plate

• Maria and Julian Martinez

• 19..

• black on black color

River Rouge Manufacturing Plant

• Charles Scheeler

• 1927

• photorealistic precisionism style

• crisscross conveyors resemble a Christian cross

Hands Resting on a Tool

• Tina Modotti

• 1927

• highlights a laborer’s scarred hands

• realism

Let My People Go

• Aaron Douglas

• 1935-39

• addressing lynching in america

• uses art deco and egyptian motifs

• connects the biblican exodus with black struggle