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The shock of the new: the mechanical paradise

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Abstract
The period 1870-1914 was one of the hinge points in Western cultural history. The emblem of the new age was the Eiffel Tower, symbolizing the reign of the engineer, the inventor. Art followed a similar process. It adapted to a radically changing world: an urban world, of fragmentation, permeated by machine myths. The results: cubism, with its broken planes, multiple perspectives and "pop art." Delaunay's work was shot through with images of aircraft, solar disks and the Eiffel Tower. In Italy, the Futurists clamored for the death of museum art and the rise of culture - based on the speed and dissonance of machinery, the potential violence of the modern world. In France, Marcel Duchamp and Francis Picabia made their own ironic jokes and iconoclastic images of life (including sex) seen through the machine metaphor. Join Robert Hughes as he presents the concepts of the Industrial Revolution, modernity, Cubism, the Machine Age, and Futurism, as well as artists Paul Cezanne, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Filippo Marinetti, Marcel Duchamp, and Francis Picabia. This series is Robert Hughes' history of Modern Art from Cubism to Pop and the Avant-Garde.
Collection
Harry A. Sprague Library Collection
Subject
Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906, Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973, Braque, Georges, 1882-1963, Marinetti, Filippo Tommaso, 1876-1944, Picabia, Francis, 1879-1953, Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968, Modernism (Art), Art and society, Artists--Interviews, Art, Modern--19th century, Art, Modern--20th century, Cubism, Futurism (Art)
Series
The shock of the new
Contributors
Hughes, Robert (Author of screenplay, etc.), Pegram, Lorna (Producer), Ambrose Video Publishing (Distributor), British Broadcasting Corporation (Producer), Time-Life Films (Producer), Reiner Moritz Productions (Producer)
Duration
00:58:27 (HH:MM:SS)
Language:
English
Target or Intended Audience
Art history students, World history students
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