art history

Time Period: 1900-1980 World War I and II, Great Depression  Intensely creative period, one of the most in history  Patronage of museums  One of the results of WWII is the abandonment of Paris as the art capital of the world; it was now New York because of the abundance of European settlers; unafraid of experimentation  Color was not only used to describe, but also evoke a feeling and challenge the viewer; perspective was discarded; dynamic compositions  Europeans stimulated by African art; inspired by geometric and abstract pieces Modern sculpture turned anything into a work of art Art Movements:  Fauvism (c. 1905) Expressionism (1905-1930) Cubism (1911) Constructivism (1907-1930s)  Dada (1914-1920s) DeStijl (1916-1925) Mexican Muralists (1917-1930s) International Style (1920s-1930s) Surrealism (1924-1930s)  Harlem Renaissance (1930s) Abstract Expressionism (Late 1940s-1950s) Pop Art (1955-1960s) Color Field Painting ...

House in New Castle County. Delaware, U.S. Robert Venturi, John Rauch, and Denise Scott Brown (architects). 1978–1983 C.E. Wood frame and stucco. Robert Venturi's New Castle County House offers a modest but instructive example of the Post-Modern style set in rural north Delaware; orthodox.  Modern architecture and city planning had run its course. Rather than copy a specific style, he borrowed freely, juxtaposing, collaging, and reinterpreting forms from distinct periods and places.  Classical in derivation yet slightly cartoonish, this somewhat awkward assemblage gives the house a simultaneously grand and whimsical appearance.  The painted arches in the vaulted music room, the quirky chandeliers, and perforated wall patterns exhibit a straight-forward craftsman-like quality; his buildings and critical writings helped propel late 20th-century architecture in a new direction.  This private residence remains a playfully challenging work expressing a refr...