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-Modernism
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MODERNISM

Manet
Turning away from high culture subject matter. A flattening of form.
Dejeuner sur l'herbe, 1863 | Olympia, 1863-5 | Bar at the Folies Bergeres, 1881-02|

Cezanne
Abstraction. Departure from representation. Planes of color.
Bibemus Quarry, 1895 | Mt. St-Victoire, 1902-04

Picasso
Cubism. Abstraction through a formal system. Flattening of space even further.
Les demoiselles d'Avignon, 1907 | Girl With Mandolin, 1911 | Guitar and Ceret, 1913 | Guernica, 1937 |

Matisse
Post-cubism geometric abstraction. Art as new transcendental space with no connection to objects.
Joy of Life, 1905-06| Harmony in Red, 1908 | Studio, Quai St-Michel, 1916 | Pink Nude, 1935

Mondrian
De Stijl simplification of form. Geometric form associated with urban modernism, futurism, architecture and technology.
Composition, 1921 | Composition-1, 1930 | Composition 1939-42 | New York City-I, 1941-42

Man Ray
Violin d'Ingres, 1924 | Tears | Meret Oppenheim, 1933