trends & styles chapter 2

David Carson, 1993

1914-1918 - World War 1: before, during and after
DESTRUCTION, EMPTINESS AND THE BIG NOTHING

> Great war: technology and millions of victims
> Visual design: less is more
> Art vs photography: new language
> Art vs war: emotions and absurdity

EARLY MODERNISM (transitional towards modernism)
> Deutscher Werkbund -> consistent house-style
> Plakatstil -> simplicity, no ornaments
> Expressionism -> colours and forms against academic rules
MODERNISM (radically new features in art)
> Cubism -> cubic-like forms, no depth
> Futurism -> dynamic movement
> Dadaism -> anti-art, ready-mades

Deutscher Werkbund

Josef Hoffmann,
Palais Stoclet, Brussels, 1911

Plakatstil

Käthe Kollwitz, Expressionism

Edvard Munch, Expressionism

Franz Marc, Expressionism

Wassily Kandinsky, Expressionism

Pablo Picasso, Cubism

Futurism

Futurism

Hannah Höch, Dadaism

Marcel Duchamp, Dadaism