Final Exam

1) Discuss the acceleration of modern life from the age of speed beginning ca 1910 through the 1950’s. Cite specific examples. and reference the appropriate readings in your argument. 2) Evaluate the ideas of the DeStijl in Holland, the Purists in France, the Russian Avant-Garde, and the Bauhaus in Germany. What did these artists/designers share in common? What impact did they have on contemporary culture - on later society? Cite specific examples, and reference the appropriate readings in your argument. 3) What is American about post World War II art in the United States? What role did Clement Greenberg play in determining what art should be? 4) Discuss the impact of consumer culture from the 1930’s through the 1960’s. Cite specific specific examples, and reference the appropriate readings in your argument. 5) Discuss the positive and negative ramifications of ‘the machine’ in 20th century modernity.