Spotlight Artist: Modernism: Bauhaus - Walter Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, and Herbert Bayer
The Bauhaus, founded in 1919 by German architect Walter Gropius, aimed to unite diverse arts and crafts into a cohesive creative...
Spotlight Artist: C&G - IVAN CHERMAYEFF AND TOM GEISMAR
A big-time player in the identity and branding world, Chermayeff and Geismar have been in business since 1958. They have designed logos...
Spotlight Artist: Paul Rand and the Corporate takeover of American Modernism
The stylistic influences of Modernism and The International Style on American graphic designers may have originated in the avant garde...
Spotlight Artist: Russian Constructivism- El Lissitzky, Rodchenko, and Tatlin
Synopsis Constructivism was the last and most influential modern art movement to flourish in Russia in the 20th century. It evolved just...
Spotlight Artist: Modernism: International Typographic Style or Swiss Style
Josef Muller-Brockmann Summary: Emerging from the modernist and constructivist ideals, the Swiss Style can be defined as an authentic...
Spotlight Artist: Futurism- F.T. Marinetti
The whole idea was to take the entire known world—its ideas, its institutions, its buildings—tear them apart, and rebuild another one in...
Spotlight Artist: Alphonse Mucha - Art Nouveau Movement
Czech painter Alphonse Mucha leapt to fame in Paris in 1895 when his poster Gismonda (1894) for the superstar Sarah Bernhardt heralded...
Spotlight Artist: William Morris - Arts & Crafts Movement
William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896) was an English textile designer, poet, novelist, translator, and socialist activist....
Spotlight Artist: Johannes Gutenberg
Johannes Gutenberg was a German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher who introduced printing to Europe. His introduction of...
Spotlight Artist: Contemporary African Art: William Kentridge
William Kentridge, From 9 Drawings for Projection (1989-2003): History of the Main Complaint1996Production stillsdimensions variable...
