APAH Unit 28 Early 20th Century Art (VOCAB)

“A House is a Machine for Living In”

a phrase coined by Le Corbusier, indicating his belief about the essence of modern architecture – that a house should be modern, technological and efficient -- Villa Savoye

Abstraction

Works of art reduced to basic forms with little or no desire for pictorial representation -- The Kiss

Cantilever

a projecting beam that is attached to a building at one end and suspends outward beyond the edge of the building -- Fallingwater

Documentary photography

Chronicled significant historical events or scenes from everyday life; typically related to photojournalism -- The Steerage

Ferroconcrete

reinforced concrete -- Fallingwater

Fin de siècle

French for “end of an era”; end of 19th c. to 1914 in Europe; age of growing wealth but anxiety about political tensions -- The Kiss

Found objects

Images, materials, or objects as found in the everyday environment that are incorporated into works of art -- Fountain

Gouache

opaque watercolor, as opposed to transparent watercolor -- The Jungle

Harlem Renaissance

a rich period of cultural production for African Americans; celebrated their heritage, culture, and redefined artistic forms of expression -- The Migration of the Negro

Mural

large scale frescoes in Mexico; depicted non-European heroes and socially relevant messages -- Dream of a Sunday Afternoon In the Alameda Park

Pilotis

slender columns with no ornamentation -- Villa Savoye

Primitivism

artistic inspiration from “primitive” “unadvanced” “simple” non-western cultures -- Self-Portrait as a soldier

Photogravure

a technique to copy a negative (technically, this is a print); used to capture middle tones on the value scale -- The Steerage

Photomontage

process and the result of making a composite photograph by cutting, gluing, rearranging and overlapping two or more photographs -- Five Year Plan

Ready-mades

a commonplace object selected and exhibited as a work of art -- Fountain

Ribbon windows

slender, long, streamlined window panes -- Fallingwater