Postwar Art
By:Shawn Burrell
Cubism
Before the war, Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque created a revolutionary new style of art called cubism.By them breaking three dimensional shapes into fragments and making complex patterns of angles and planes they offered a new view of reality. Cubism also help inspire surrealism later in time.
Abstract
After Picasso discovery cubism Russian artist Vasily Kandinsky created abstract art. There abstract work consisted of lines,color and shapes with no pattern or technique. This was a better way of art then cubism that Picasso had come up with,
Dada
Paris is the home of Dada. Dada was was mostly a revolt against civilization. The work of Hans Arp and Max Ernest intended to shock and disturb middle-class viewers with their art work. It also help inspire surrealism.
Surrealism
Surrealism was inspired by cubism and dada. Surrealism was a movement that attempted to portray the workings of the unconscious mind. Salvador Dali used images of melting clocks to discuss the chaotic dream state described by Freud.
Architecture
Architectures developed new styles to match an industrial,urbanized world.The Bauhaus influenced architectures by blending science and technology with design.