Modernism

1900-1945 C.E.

MODERNISM CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION
World War I Crash Course World History
The Meaning of Avant-Garde
Ancient Art's Influence on Modern ArtTED Ed
The Great DepressionCrash Course US History

Fauvism and German Expressionism

FauvismGoodbye-Art Academy
What is Expressionism?National Galleries Scotland
1913 | "Street, Berlin" by Ernst Ludwig KirchnerMoMA
How to Paint Like KandinskyTATE
GoldfishHenri Matisse1912 C.E.Oil on canvas
Improvisation 28Second VersionVassily Kandinsky1912 C.E.Oil on canvas
Self-Portrait as a SoldierErnst Ludwig Kirchner1915 C.E.Oil on canvas
Memorial Sheet for Karl LiebknechtKäthe Kollwitz1919–1920 C.E.Woodcut

Cubism and Dada

Cubism OverviewGoodbye-Art Academy
How to Paint Like Picasso and BraqueMoMA
Where Did Picasso's Genius Come From?National Geographic
Art or Prank - DadaThe Art Assignment
Why is this painting so shocking? - Iseult GillespieTED-Ed
Les Demoiselles d’AvignonPablo Picasso1907 C.E.Oil on canvas
The PortugueseGeorges Braque1911 C.E.Oil on canvas
FountainMarcel Duchamp1917 C.E.Readymade glazed sanitary china with paint

Surrealism and De Stijl

What Is Surrealism?Tate
The Case for SurrealismThe Art Assignment
What Is Surrealism?National Galleries Scotland
100 Years of De StijlSotheby's
Can you solve the Mondrian squares riddle? - TED-EdGordon Hamilton
Object (Le Déjeuner en fourrure)Meret Oppenheim1936 C.E.Fur-covered cup, saucer, and spoon
The JungleWifredo Lam1943 C.E.Gouache on paper mounted on canvas
Composition with Red, Blue and YellowPiet Mondrian1930 C.E.Oil on canvas

Sculpture, Architecture, Photomontage

Alastair Sooke on Brancusi’s 'La muse endormie'Christie's
Modern Architecture 5 Points of Le CorbusierArtDin Wings
The Russian Revolution in 7 minutesVisual Academy
What Were Stalin's Five Year Plans?Euro Bit by Bit
The KissConstantin Brancusi1907–1908 C.E.Limestone
Villa SavoyePoissy-sur-Seine, FranceLe Corbusier (architect)1929 C.E.Steel and concrete
Illustration from The Results of the First Five-Year PlanVarvara Stepanova1932 C.E.Photomontage

American MODERNISM

The Steerage in the Words of StieglitzMarsha Russell
Jacob Lawrence and the Making of the Migration SeriesHumanities DC
Why African-Americans left the south in droves — and what's bringing them backVox
Frank Lloyd Wright: From Within OutwardGuggenheim
The SteerageAlfred Stieglitz1907 C.E.Photogravure
The Migration of the NegroPanel no. 49Jacob Lawrence1940–1941 C.E.Casein tempera on hardboard
FallingwaterBear Run, PennsylvaniaFrank Lloyd Wright1936–1939 C.E.Reinf. concrete, sandstone, steel, and glass

Mexican Modernism

Frida Kahlo: The Woman behind the LegendTED Ed
Las Dos FridasGreat Art Explained
Las Dos FridasFrida Kahlo1939 C.E.Oil on canvas
Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in the Alameda ParkDiego Rivera1947–1948 C.E.Fresco

MODERNISM READING LIST

Art 101: Cubism - Art & Object (11/23/21)