Art Across Cultures: Americas

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Note: Nationality=USA or Mexican 

U.S. America and the Machine Age, 20^th century

John Marin, Movement Fifth Ave., 1912 (USA)

Georgia O'Keefe, Radiator Building, Night, NY, 1927 (USA)

Charles Sheeler, American Landscape, 1930 (USA)

Diego Rivera, Detroit Industry, Detroit Institute of Art, 1931-32 (Mexican)

Terms:

Expressionism

Precisionism

Great Depression begins 1929

Ford’s River Rouge Auto Plant, Dearborn, MI

Taylorism and the assembly line

Mexican Mural Movement, fresco