Arts 150 1st Edition Lecture 23Outline of Current Lecture I. American Art between 1920-30sCurrent Lecture- American art between the wars 1920-30so WWI 1914-1918o The Great Stock Market Crash 1929o The Great Depression 1930-40so The Great Dustbowl 1935-38o Roosevelt and the New Deal 1933o WWII 1939-1945- Marcel Duchamp “Fountain”o Stieglitz photographed the originalo Submitted to the independent artist’s showo Return attention to the objecto Said Duchamp was a major influenceo Optical Art- art only to please the eyeo Put art back to the surface of the mindo Questions: what is the essence of a work of art?o After his work was rejected he signed his fountain- Marcel Duchamp “Bicycle Wheel” 1915o Manufactured objected promoted to the dignity of art through the choice of the artist- Marcel Duchamp “LHOOQ”o A rectified redi-madeo Mona Lisa with mustacheo French translations- she’s hot for me- Redi-mades had preserve beautyo Duchamps “I threw the urinal in their faces as a challenge and now they admire it as something aesthetically beautiful”- Man Ray “Duchamp as RroseSelavy” photograph 1932o “eros is life” o Duchamp’s female alteregoo Man Ray 1890-1956These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute. Famous American photographer- Marchel Duchamp “Nude Descending a Staircase” 1912o Displayed in the armory show- Man Ray “L’Homme” (Man) 1918o Picture of egg beater and its shadowso Portrays mechanical idea of human body- Man Ray “The Gift”o Painting of Dada machineso Made for Eric Satie- Dada movement- avantgarde movement- Morton Schamberg “God” 1918- Movements/Styles/Categorieso Precisionismo Expressionismo Abstractiono Formalismo Harlem Renaissance- Artists we will be discussing:o Charles Demutho Charles Scheelero Marsden Hartleyo Stewart Daviso Georgia Okeeffeo Ansel Adamso Imogen Cunninghamo James VanDerZeeo Aaron Douglas- Charles Demuth “My Egypt” 1927o Filtering nature through cubist approach- Charles Sheeler “American Landscapeo Looking at nature through abstract form of cubismo Bridge between machine and nature- industry, life, and
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