Modernism Archive
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Sneak a Peek at THE EROTIC DOLL: A Modern Fetish
Posted on November 26, 2013Follow @yaleARTbooks Marquard Smith is the Founding Director of the Institute for Modern and Contemporary Culture at the University of Westminster; he is also a Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the […] -
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“Mannequin Parade”—The First Fashion Models
Posted on August 23, 2013Today the idea of fashion modeling is a part the general cultural consciousness, with many famous icons and a reality television show. In the early 1900s, however, it was a […] -
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The First Modern Woman Artist: Paula Modersohn-Becker
Posted on June 21, 2013Caroline Hayes— Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907) was a groundbreaking painter whose often-overlooked place in modernism forces us to reconsider our understanding of art in the early twentieth century. Modersohn-Becker was the […] -
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Modern Styles and Methods in Maine Moderns
Posted on June 27, 2011Paul Strand, a friend of Alfred Stieglitz and his wife, Georgia O’Keeffe, visited O’Keeffe while she was away in New Mexico. Stieglitz had written O’Keeffe on June 27, 1931 from […] -
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Société Anonyme
Posted on May 24, 2006“Traditions are beautiful–but to create them–not to follow.” – Franz Marc, motto of the Société Anonyme Before there was MoMA, there was the Société Anonyme, an organization founded in 1920 […]