I D E O L O G Y 2 : MODERNISM and ITS CRITICISM
Industrial Revolution 1750-1850 Paxton J., Crystal Palace, (Fair) 1851
Barlow W.H., St. Pancreas Train Station, 1864
NEW MATERIALS
MASS-PRODUCTION
MIGRATION ……. URBANIZATION
EXHIBITIONS, FAIRS….
George Childs, “Dowlais Ironworks from the South,” 1840
William Morris, page fromThe Sea Stones and The Fall
(by John Ruskin), 1853
William Morris, fabric designs (left) and font design (right), 1890s
William Morris, furniture designs, 1870s
Philip Webb and William Morris, “The Red House,” Bexleyheath, ENGLAND, 1859
William Morris, “St Peter,” stained glass design, 1870s
Frank Lloyd Wright, stained glass window designs, 1902
M O D E R N I S M
An ideology that emerged around 1900that 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, 1920s
Glass Pavillion, Berlin 1914
Bruno Taut
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,“M-Maybe,” 1963
Roy Lichtenstein,“Little Big Painting,” 1965
Cindy Sherman, “Untitled Film Stills,” 1970s
Shepard Fairey, “Saks Fifth Avenue Advertisement,” 2009
Alexander Rodchenko,“Books on Every Subject,” 1925
(poster against censorship of bookstores)
Tadashi Kawamata, “The Shortcut Chairs,” 1998
Damien Ortega, “Cosmic Thing,” 2002
“The Assembly Line”
Viktor and Rolf, “Uniforms for UtrechtCentraal 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