16: 20th and 21st Century Art Movements — Read

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16.1: Overview
The world was engaged in world war and localized civil wars in the early part of the 20th century, generating a turbulent time for art.
16.2: American Modernism (1900 – 1930s)
American modernism was a cultural movement in the United States, showing both progressive transformation and optimism in the future.
16.3: Fauvism (1900 – 1935)
Fauvism was one of the first avant-garde art movements at the turn of the 20th century.
16.4: Expressionism (1905 – 1930)
Fauvism gave way to Expressionism, a modernist movement of painting originating in Germany and Austria.
16.5: Cubism (1907 – 1914)
Starting around 1907 and peaking in 1914, Cubism was one of the most important art movements of the 20th century, still influencing artists today.
16.6: Dada (1916 – 1930)
eginning in 1916 and quickly moving to New York City, the Dada period of art was a reaction to the horrors World War I.
16.7: The Bauhaus (1919-1933)
Recovering from World War I, Germany became a land of old bourgeois of industrial and militarism caught in the time between Russian Communism and Nazi racism.
16.8: Harlem Renaissance (1920 – 1930)
16.9: Canadian Group of Seven (1920 – 1933)
16.10: Conclusion and Contrast
16.11: 20th Century Architecture
Architecture is generally described as any creatively designed and constructed building or structure enhancing the city, town, or landscape.
16.12: Mexican Murals and Social Art
Mural painting in Mexico started in the 1920s to promote the political and social messages about the government.
16.13: Works Progress Administration Murals
The 1930s in American history will always be remembered as the Great Depression and how the federal government implemented WPA (Works Progress Administration) Art Projects.
16.14: Surrealism
Surrealism became a cultural movement, starting in the early 1920s, depicting the difference between dreams and reality.
16.15: Contemporary Figurative
In the 20th century, figurative images were frequently ignored, the focus on the ever-changing abstract movements like Cubism or the Minimalists.
16.16: Conclusion and Contrast (1)
16.17: Chapter 12 Attributions
16.18: Chapter 13 Attributions

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