# Modernism — Form Follows Form

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Category: Art
Slides: 22
Updated: 2026-05-15T22:17:32.812Z
Tags: art, modernism

## Summary

A field guide to the century when painting forgot to be a window, architecture forgot the column, and design tried to redesign the human being. Key sections include: FORM FOLLOWS FORM.; The Old Picture Stops Working.; CUBISM BREAKS THE OBJECT.; SPEED BECOMES A SUBJECT.; BAUHAUS 1919–1933.; A CIRCLE, A SQUARE, A TRIANGLE.; DE STIJL. RED, YELLOW, BLUE, BLACK, WHITE.; DADA SAYS NO.; NEW YORK STEALS THE IDEA OF MODERN ART.; THE MODERN CITY..

## Slide Outline

1. FORM FOLLOWS FORM.
2. The Old Picture Stops Working.
3. CUBISM BREAKS THE OBJECT.
4. SPEED BECOMES A SUBJECT.
5. BAUHAUS 1919–1933.
6. A CIRCLE, A SQUARE, A TRIANGLE.
7. DE STIJL. RED, YELLOW, BLUE, BLACK, WHITE.
8. DADA SAYS NO.
9. NEW YORK STEALS THE IDEA OF MODERN ART.
10. THE MODERN CITY.
11. SUPREMATISM & CONSTRUCTIVISM.
12. THE CENTURY OF MANIFESTOS.
13. THE WOMEN WHO WERE NOT FOOTNOTES.
14. JOSEF ALBERS: HOMAGE TO THE SQUARE.
15. FIVE POINTS OF A NEW ARCHITECTURE.
16. WHAT IT WANTED.
17. WHAT IT COST.
18. LOOK AT NEXT.
19. A SHORT GLOSSARY.
20. THE CENTURY WAS A SQUARE.
21. END OF DECK.

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