AVANT-GARDE ART and the new wave of Art Critics
At the 1940’s New York had seen an influx of avant-garde artists escaping Europe, including the painters Max Ernst, Piet Mondrian, and Joan Miró, as well as the composer Igor Stravinsky. They imported many of the ideals of the European avant-garde, particularly the belief that art should always be difficult and “ahead of its time.”
PHANTASMAGORIA
The Illuminated Graphic Simulation of the Mind’s Eye | When Athanasius Kircher began experimenting with magic lantern slides and projecting them in Rome in the 1640s, he chose fantastical and supernatural subjects, such as a soul in Purgatory.
WILLIAM MORRIS: Redesigning the WORLD
Beginning in Britain around 1880, the Arts and Crafts movement was born from the values of people concerned about the effects of industrialization on design and traditional craft. In response, architects, designers, craftsmen, and artists turned to new ways of living and working, pioneering new approaches to create decorative arts. It was th