Lecture Modernism And Modernity.

MODERNITY AND MODERNISM LECTURE.

·      Urbanisation- the city

·      Modern perceived as ‘not cool’ by traditionalist of the 18^th century. However pre Raphaelites changed that, and progression became accepted.

·      Holman hunt (1851) .

·      Are we post modern?

·      Paris in the 1900 was the most modern city in the world.

·      Urbanisation creates a change in life and life styles in the city, much more accessible.

·      Enlightenment period in the 18^th cent when science and philosophical thinking cam on leaps and bounds.

·      Secularisation

·      Paris on a rainy day 1877, painting the new Paris.

·      Re designed Paris, large boulevards, based around transport routes, socially desirable city.

·      Alienation part of modernity?

·      Psychology becomes relevant perhaps due to alienation people going mad etc.

·      An increasing class divide.

·      Kaiser panorama 1883

·      Technology-cinema.

·      Modernism is the artist and designers responses to the changing world. (modern)

·      Painting had to change with the invention of photography.

·      Alfred Stieglitz 1903

·      Paul Citroen 1903

·      Photo montage becomes relevant

·      George Grosz

MODERNISM IN DESIGN

·      Anti historicism – no need to look backwards

·      Truth to materials – material of the modern world.

·      Form Follows function

·      Internationalism a modern design should speak a common language.

·      Ornament is crime- Adolf Loos.

·      Truth to the materials-simple geometric forms appropriate to the material used.

·      Bauhaus

·      Modern design-new materials

·      Mass production

·      …building new york.

·      Le Corbusier ideal city 1922

·      Internationlism the language of desing which is global.

·      Harry Beck London underground 1935

·      San Serifed font.

·      While people were designing hyper modern fonts, people started to look backwards and edit old serifed fonts, i.e. x new roman..

·      Frakter- Nazi

·      Modernity- social and cultural experience.

·      Novelty and improvement

·      Modernism a range of ideas and style sprung from modernity. Art and design, vocab, form follows function.