The Brooklyn Bridge · John Marin (1870–1953), Brooklyn Bridge, watercolor and charcoal on paper,...
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LIB 2205ID/ARCH 2205ID Learning Places: Understanding the CityWednesday Oct. 4th, 2017, Room A543
Special Lecture:The Brooklyn Bridge, Machine Aesthetic and Early American Modernism
Zhijian QianAssistant Professor of Art History
Department of Humanities, City Tech
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Walker Evans (1903–1975), Brooklyn Bridge, New York, 6.3/4x4.13/16”,gelatin silver print, 1929, printed ca.1970, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
I. The Brooklyn Bridge and the Machine Aesthetic
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Walker Evans (1903–1975), Brooklyn Bridge, New York, 1.1/2x2.1/2”, gelatin silverprint, 1929, printed ca. 1970, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Walker Evans (1903–1975), Brooklyn Bridge, New York, 8.13/16x5.3/8”, gelatinsilver print, 1929, The MetropolitanMuseum of Art.
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Walker Evans (1903–1975) , Elevated Train Tracks and Street Below, Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, 1.9/16x2.1/4”, gelatin silver print, 1928‐30, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Characteristics and qualities of Machine Aesthetic as seen in the Brooklyn Bridge:1. Material: steel, cable, stone, concrete …2. Structure: mechanical, modular, premade …3. Surface: undecorated, raw, colorless, plain …4. Form: angular, regular, geometrical, flat …5. Emotion: cold, rational, boring …
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Bernice Abbott (1898‐1991), Brooklyn Bridge,Water and Dock Street,Brooklyn, gelatin silverprint, 18x14.3/8”, 1936,Smithsonian American ArtMuseum.
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John Marin (1870–1953), BrooklynBridge, watercolor and charcoalon paper, 18.5/8x15.5/8”, ca. 1912,The Metropolitan Museum of Art. (Influence on Abstract Expressionism)
II. The Brooklyn Bridge as Symbol and Source of Inspiration forModernist Art in America
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Albert Gleizes (1881‐1953), Brooklyn Bridge,oil and gouache oncanvas,40.1/8x40.1/8”, 1915, Guggenheim Museum. (Cubism)
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Albert Gleizes (1881‐1953), On BrooklynBridge, oil on canvas,63.3/4x51”, 1917,Guggenheim Museum.
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Joseph Stella (1877‐1946), Brooklyn Bridge, oil on canvas, 215.3 x 194.6 cm, 1919–20, Yale University Art Gallery.(Futurism)
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Joseph Stella (1877‐1946), Voice of the City of New York Interpreted, oiland tempera on canvas, 99.3/4 x 270”, 1920‐22, Newark Museum.
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Joseph Stella (1877‐1946), TheBrooklyn Bridge: Variation on anOld Theme, oil on canvas, 215.3 x 194.6 cm, 1939, WhitneyMuseum.
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Georgia O’Keeffe (1887‐1986), Brooklyn Bridge,oil on masonite,47.15/16x35.7/8”, 1949,Brooklyn Museum.
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David Hockney (1937‐), The Brooklyn Bridge, Nov. 28th, 1982, photographic collage, 42.15/16 x 22. 13/16”, 1982, private collection.