I D E O L O G Y 2 : MODERNISM and ITS CRITICISM
NEW MATERIALS Barlow W. H. , St. Pancreas Train Station, 1864 MASS-PRODUCTION EXHIBITIONS, FAIRS…. MIGRATION ……. URBANIZATION Industrial Revolution 1750 -1850 Paxton J. , Crystal Palace, (Fair) 1851
George Childs, “Dowlais Ironworks from the South, ” 1840
William Morris, page from The Sea Stones and The Fall (by John Ruskin), 1853
William Morris, fabric designs (left) and font design (right), 1890 s
William Morris, furniture designs, 1870 s
Philip Webb and William Morris, “The Red House, ” Bexleyheath, ENGLAND, 1859
William Morris, “St Peter, ” stained glass design, 1870 s
Frank Lloyd Wright, stained glass window designs, 1902
M O D E R N I S M An ideology that emerged around 1900 that reacted to the political, social, economical and technological changes in Europe • Modernists prefer: • - simplicity over ornamentation • - abstraction over realism • - “honesty” over “dishonesty” • - the future over the past
M. H. Baillie Scott, “Side Table, ” 1901 Charles Rennie Mackintosh, “Chair for Hill House, ” 1904
Gruppo Toscano Architects, “Stazione S. Maria Novella, ” Florence, ITALY, 1932
Giacomo Balla, “Abstract Speed + Sound , ” 1914
Filippo Marinetti, poem from Les mots en liberté, 1919
Antonio Sant’Elia, designs for “La Città Nuova” (The New City), 1914
front cover of the first issue of DE STYL magazine, 1917 Georges Vantongerloo, “Interrelation of Volumes, ” 1919
Piet Mondrian, “Color Planes in Oval, ” 1913 -1914 Piet Mondrian, “Tableau 2, ” 1922
Theo Van Doesburg, Sophie Taeuber & Jean Arp, “Cafe l’Aubette, ” Strasbourg, FRANCE, 1926 -28,
SCHRÖDER HOUSE, Gerrit Rietveld, Utrecht 1924
Walter Gropius, “The Bauhaus, ” Dessau, GERMANY, 1925 -26
Joost Schmidt, “Bauhaus Exhibition Poster, ” 1923
Marianne Barndt, “Tea Pot, ” 1924 Carl G. Jucker, “Lamp, ” 1924 Marcel Breuer, “Nesting Tables, ” 1925
Eileen Gray, furniture designs, 1920 s
Bruno Taut Glass Pavillion, Berlin 1914 Faculty of languages, history and geography, Ankara University, 1937 Izmir Fuar Pavillion, 1939
Q U E S T I O N I N G M O D E R N I S M
Richard Hamilton, “Just What is that Makes Today’s Homes so Different? , ” 1956
Andy Warhol, “Marylin diptych, ” 1962
Roy Lichtenstein, “Little Big Painting, ” 1965 Roy Lichtenstein, “M-Maybe, ” 1963
Cindy Sherman, “Untitled Film Stills, ” 1970 s
Alexander Rodchenko, “Books on Every Subject, ” 1925 (poster against censorship of bookstores) Shepard Fairey, “Saks Fifth Avenue Advertisement, ” 2009
Tadashi Kawamata, “The Shortcut Chairs, ” 1998
“The Assembly Line” Damien Ortega, “Cosmic Thing, ” 2002
Viktor and Rolf, “Uniforms for Utrecht Centraal Museum Guards, ” 2001 Viktor and Rolf, “Evening Wear, ” 2007
Philip Johnson, “AT&T Building, ” New York, 1978 -84 Charles W. Moore, “Piazza d’Italia, ” New Orleans, USA, 1976 -79
Zaha Hadid, "Nordpark Cablecar Metro Station, " Innsbruck, SWITZERLAND, 2007