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  1. Illustration by Anton Seder, from Das Thier in der Dekorativen Kunst (1896).

    Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

    Available to buy as a print.

    pdimagearchive.org/images/750b

    #fish #art-nouveau #beasts #modernism #ornament #seaweed #art #publicdomain

  2. "Morning Glory with Black," Georgia O'Keeffe, 1926.

    American Modernist painter O'Keeffe (1887-1986) is still respected and hailed as one of the great American artists, while also becoming something of a joke over the interpretations of her work.

    She embraced Modernism in 1915 and much of her later work depicted natural forms in extreme closeup, reducing them to mere depictions of line and pattern. She was influenced by photography, likely reflected by her relationship and difficult marriage with photographer Alfred Stieglitz.

    Many interpreted her work as representations of female body parts, and jokes about that still circulate. But she denied the interpretations and once said, "I have always been very annoyed at being referred to as a 'woman artist' rather than an 'artist'." She never considered herself a feminist but was always involved in women's rights and is still revered as a groundbreaker for women in the arts.

    Sister Wendy Beckett once said there was a paradox: women artists are often overlooked and not taken seriously...but at the same time, what does the sex of the artist matter?

    Happy Flower Friday!

    From the Cleveland Museum of Art.

    #Art #WomenArtists #GeorgiaOKeeffe #FlowerFriday #Modernism

  3. Lubetkin Penguinarium: avant-garde or animal welfare?
    Now a monument, the design of the penguinarium addressed the London Zoo as an architectural object.

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    #architecture #design #zoodesign #animalwelfare #modernism #zoologie #bienêtreanimal #modernisme #arquitectura #diseño #zoologico #bienestaranimal #modernismo

  4. 🚨 new book alert! 🚨 4 new books on #Modernism
    Facing the uncertainty of Modernism, the treatment of #spectrality & #ghosts in works by #JosephConrad, #EMForster, #MaryButts, & #ElizabethBowen is analysed by Stephen Ross: "There is hope in these ghosts, not resignation"

    #ModernistLiterature

  5. Waltham Forest is 1 of the 12 boroughs featured in our new guidebook, Modernism Beyond Metro-Land. It is home to art deco, Scandinavian modern, Festival style and a bit of Brutalism. Find out more about the book here unbound.com/books/modernism-be

    #architecture #artdeco #modernism #brutalism #london #WalthamForest