Sentences with phrase «precisionism style»

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As such, the style was related to other similar genres such as Op art, kinetic abstraction, geometric abstract art, ABC art, Cool art, non-gestural painting, non-relationalism, abstract mannerism, precisionism...

Borne out of early twentieth - century anxieties and uncertainties created by an industrial boom, the Precisionism movement merged European formal styles, like Cubism and Futurism, with distinctly American subject matter.

An important figure in early 20th century American art, the painter and photographer Charles Sheeler was - along with Charles Demuth (1883 - 1935)- the leading exponent of Precisionism, a style of architectural painting that combined the hi - tech aesthetics of Futurism with the sharp geometrics of Analytical Cubism in the depiction of factories, power stations, warehouses and other industrial plant, of the new technological age.

Over time, his innovative sharp - focus effects helped him to paint detailed and smooth - surfaced compositions that best suited his self - proclaimed style of Precisionism - a style of realism that focused on linear precision so as to capture the exact geometric shapes of skyscrapers and other similar structures, like industrial factories, machinery and associated plant.

Modern and contemporary styles represented in the collection include precisionism, surrealism, abstract expressionism, geometric abstraction, pop and op art, Fluxus, photo realism, and minimalism, as well as works that explore social and political issues.

Specific painting movements included the Ashcan School (c.1900 - 1915); Precisionism (1920s) which celebrated the new American industrial landscape; the more socially aware urban style of Social Realism (1930s); American Scene Painting (c.1925 - 45) which embraced the work of Edward Hopper and Charles Burchfield, as well as midwestern Regionalism (1930s) championed by Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton and John Steuart Curry.

• Precisionism (fl. 1920s) Style of realist painting influenced by Futurism and Cubism.

• American Painting and Sculpture to 1945 This wide - ranging collection illustrates several American styles, including American Scene Painting, Regionalism, Precisionism among others, with works by George Inness, Winslow Homer, Georgia O'Keeffe, Edward Hopper, and many others.

The Phillips» collection began as a museum of modern art, exemplifying Paris - based European art movements such as French Realism (c. 1850 onwards) Impressionism (c.1873 - 83), Post-Impressionism (c. 1880 onwards), Fauvism, Intimism, Expressionism, Primitivism, Symbolism, and Cubism, before taking on 20th century styles such as Precisionism, American Realism, Ashcan School, Abstract Expressionism, Colour Field painting, Kinetic art, and geometric abstract art.

Precisionism (1920s - 1930s) Precisionism (also called Cubist Realism), and somewhat similar to Art Deco, is a style of art whereby an object is depicted in a realistic manner, but with a focus on its geometric form.

Trained in an impressionist approach to landscape painting, Sheeler experimented early in his career with compositions inspired by European modernism before developing a linear, hard - edged style now known as Precisionism.

[1] In addition to work showing a personal version of precisionism, he produced paintings, drawings, and prints in the social realist, Mexican muralist, and surrealist styles as well as still lifes, portraits, and landscapes that defy easy classification.

Art Deco and Precisionism Art Deco was more of a decorative art and design movement, reflecting the sleek geometric forms of the new consumer age, while Precisionism was a style of architectural painting whose linear precision was used to reflect the industrial landscape of the Machine - Age.

If there are identifiable affinities or sources for such a style, they are likely to be found in the precisionism of Charles Sheeler and certain other varieties of American Cubism, as well as the geometric abstraction of Piet Mondrian.