Modernisms 1900–1980

German and Italian art between the wars

New movements in the Weimar Republic sought to bring art and design in line with modern life.

1918–1939 C.E.

Movements and genres

Prints and photography

Prints and photography

The Bauhaus

New Objectivity

New Objectivity

Nazi & Fascist visual culture

Nazi & Fascist visual culture

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Dead revolutionaries, serious bakers, and images made by telephone.

Adolf Ziegler, <i>The Four Elements: Fire, Water and Earth, Air</i>

Adolf Ziegler, The Four Elements: Fire, Water and Earth, Air

The Mausoleum of Augustus and the Piazza Augusto Imperatore in Rome

The Mausoleum of Augustus and the Piazza Augusto Imperatore in Rome

Gertrud Arndt, <em>Self-Portrait with Veil</em>

Gertrud Arndt, Self-Portrait with Veil

Lotte Jacobi, <em>Head of a Dancer</em>

Lotte Jacobi, Head of a Dancer

Horst P. Horst, <em>Mainbocher Corset, Paris</em>

Horst P. Horst, Mainbocher Corset, Paris

What is: Degenerate Art?

What is: Degenerate Art?

Murals and Public Art in 1930s Rome

Murals and Public Art in 1930s Rome

<em>Neue Sachlichkeit</em> (New Objectivity) – An Introduction

Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) – An Introduction

The Bauhaus: Marcel Breuer

The Bauhaus: Marcel Breuer

The Bauhaus, an Introduction

The Bauhaus, an Introduction

The Bauhaus: Marianne Brandt

The Bauhaus: Marianne Brandt

George Grosz, <em>Remembering</em>

George Grosz, Remembering

Selected Contributors

Dr. Laurie Kalb Cosmo

Dr. Robert Cozzolino

Dr. Charles Cramer

Dr. Nausikaä El-Mecky

Dr. Gretchen Gasterland-Gustafsson

Dr. Beth Harris

Dr. Juliana Kreinik

Dr. Elizabeth Otto

Dr. Vanessa Rocco

Shawn Roggenkamp

Dr. Steven Zucker