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De Stijl
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A Dutch art movement advocating pure abstraction and simplicity- form reduced to the rectangle and other geometric shapes, and color to the primary colors, along with black and white.
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Bauhaus
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A very intellectual German school of art and design whose aesthetic was a fervent utopianism, based upon ideals of simplified forms and unadorned functionalism, and a belief that the machine economy could deliver elegantly designed items for the masses.
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Suprematism
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The supreme reality is in pure feeling that belongs to no singular object. Therefore, art must remain abstract.
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Constructivism/Productivism
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Abstract sculpture constructed from industrialized materials/ avant-garde sculpture in service of the Soviet state.
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Socialist Realism
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Official style in the arts in the Soviet Union from 1932 until the decline of Communism in the 1980s. The style was a conservative, figurative, and narrative one, meant to be accessible to all viewers, and never to deviate from the Party view.
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Functionalism
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total merger of art and industry
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Regionalism
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Distinctly American subject matter. Especially highlights the Midwest and a simple people who are independent and individual.
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Harlem Renaissance
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rebirth of black culture
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Social Realism
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art with a political/social motivation, evoke emotions to promote change and reform.
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Works Progress Administration
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New Deal program that hired artists to capture the Depression.
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