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Modernity and Modernism

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David M Choberka
Last Updated
April 4, 2020 1:14 p.m.

34 Items in this Learning Collection
Artists of the Bauhaus

Resource with 44 media
Advertising
Two girls seated on a bench, one without shoes. A carnival food truck is behind them advertising popcorn.
Resource with 101 media
Architecture in Photography 1900-1948
View of an unfurnished room, whose walls are decorated with pilasters.
Resource with 40 media
Architecture in photography 1949-1989
Photograph of a white painted post holding up the tin roof of a porch.
Resource with 72 media
Art of the Enlightenment Era

Resource with 157 media
Artists of the Harlem Renaissance

Resource with 14 media
Athletes and Sports
This photograph depicts a wide, tilted view of a crowded football stadium during a game.  Scattered across the field are running and jumping players.
Resource with 119 media
Café Culture

Resource with 17 media
Cars and Car Culture

Resource with 78 media
Celebrity
Bust-length portrait of Marilyn Monroe positioned in front of a red background; Haring used a poster of the actress onto which he applied sumi ink in a series of outlines, marks and drips over the face, neck, chest and shoulders.
Resource with 110 media
Dada and Neo-Dada
This drawing has abstract forms done in black, brown and white against a plain cream colored background. The forms overlap and bleed color into each other. Some text in the bottom right corner shows "RR 17".
Resource with 50 media
European Primitivisms
Four male figures face each other, one in a hat on the left and three on the right facing him. The figure in the center has one hand raised to his chest. The two men on the right are looking at the man in the center.
Resource with 53 media
Expressionism - Der Blaue Reiter

Resource with 25 media
Expressionism - die Brücke

Resource with 57 media
Expressionism - independent Artists
The scene depicts a group of figures marching in the foreground from the left to the right of the composition. A thin sliver of land can be seen in the background. A man in the center carries a scythe over his shoulder. A woman in the center right carries a child on her back.
Resource with 34 media
Film Noir, Visuality and Themes

Resource with 105 media
Film, TV, Motion Pictures

Bust-length portrait of Marilyn Monroe positioned in front of a red background; Haring used a poster of the actress onto which he applied sumi ink in a series of outlines, marks and drips over the face, neck, chest and shoulders.
Portrait of Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe.

Collection with 4 items
German Secessionists

Resource with 112 media
History of New Media 

Resource with 172 media
Kabuki Images
A man hunches over as he carries the end of an oar. He is barefoot and wears robes in several bright patterns. A sword is visible at his right hip. One of his legs is raised as if to take a step. The background behind him is water.<br /><br /> This is the center panel of a triptych (with 2011/2.193.1 and 2011/2.193.3).<br /><br /> Inscriptions: Sendō Matsuemon jitsu wa Higuchi no Jirō; Kuniyoshi ga (Artist's signature); To (Publisher's seal); Hama, Magome (Censor's seals)<br />  
Resource with 216 media
Mass Media and Mass Culture
Two girls seated on a bench, one without shoes. A carnival food truck is behind them advertising popcorn.
This photograph depicts a wide, tilted view of a crowded football stadium during a game.  Scattered across the field are running and jumping players.
Bust-length portrait of Marilyn Monroe positioned in front of a red background; Haring used a poster of the actress onto which he applied sumi ink in a series of outlines, marks and drips over the face, neck, chest and shoulders.
This drawing has abstract forms done in black, brown and white against a plain cream colored background. The forms overlap and bleed color into each other. Some text in the bottom right corner shows "RR 17".

A man hunches over as he carries the end of an oar. He is barefoot and wears robes in several bright patterns. A sword is visible at his right hip. One of his legs is raised as if to take a step. The background behind him is water.<br /><br /> This is the center panel of a triptych (with 2011/2.193.1 and 2011/2.193.3).<br /><br /> Inscriptions: Sendō Matsuemon jitsu wa Higuchi no Jirō; Kuniyoshi ga (Artist's signature); To (Publisher's seal); Hama, Magome (Censor's seals)<br />  
This vertical oriented print shows a robot sitting on a chair with a revolver in his right hand. 
A child playing on top of a deflated circus tent.
A perspective shot of the Eiffel Tower from below, looking up. A building to the right has an ornate wrought iron balcony.
Portrait of Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe.

Collection with 12 items
Munich Expressionism
This woodcut print of an abstracted landscape is done in green, red, yellow, blue, and black. An architectural form appears on the left and an archer on horseback appears in the lower right corner.  
Resource with 36 media
New Objectivity
A formal portrait of a man standing in the doorway of his studio. 
Resource with 33 media
Robots and Other Automata
This vertical oriented print shows a robot sitting on a chair with a revolver in his right hand. 
Resource with 33 media
Spanish Avant-Garde
This woodblock print depicts a man in trousers and a jacket compacted into the space of the print. The man is kneeling on his left knee while his right foot is raised and pushed up against a surface on the left of the image. Both of his arms are raised, with the left jutting out towards the viewer and the palm of his hand is fully visible. The numbered and print is signed (l.c.) "3 Pepe Ortega" in pencil.
Resource with 144 media
Technology and Modernity in Photography 1900-1948
A photograph of a large farm machine in a field of corn. A man in a hat operates the machine.
Resource with 43 media
The Circus
A child playing on top of a deflated circus tent.
Resource with 34 media
The City in Photography 1900-1948
View of an empty street in front of a men's clothing store.
Resource with 50 media
The Modern Metropolis

Resource with 82 media
Tourism
A perspective shot of the Eiffel Tower from below, looking up. A building to the right has an ornate wrought iron balcony.
Resource with 85 media
TV Culture and Criticism
Portrait of Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe.
Resource with 51 media
Visual Forms of the Avant Garde - a survey

Resource with 87 media
Zombies, Skeletons, and the Undead

Resource with 101 media
Urbanization
View of an empty street in front of a men's clothing store.
View of an unfurnished room, whose walls are decorated with pilasters.
Photograph of a white painted post holding up the tin roof of a porch.


Collection with 5 items
Technology

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Created by
David M Choberka
Last Updated
April 4, 2020 1:14 p.m.

10 Items in this Learning Collection
Robots and Other Automata
This vertical oriented print shows a robot sitting on a chair with a revolver in his right hand. 
Resource with 33 media
Aviation

Resource with 14 media
Bicycles

Resource with 16 media
Cars and Car Culture

Resource with 78 media
History of New Media 

Resource with 172 media
Rust Belt
Two orange buildings on snow-covered ground on either side of an unplowed road.&nbsp;
Resource with 167 media
Subways
Man seated at a table with Armageddon sign. He is wearing a striped shirt and looking at the camera. There is a New York City bus map posted on the column behind him.
Resource with 8 media
Technology and Modernity in Photography 1900-1948
A photograph of a large farm machine in a field of corn. A man in a hat operates the machine.
Resource with 43 media
Tourism
A perspective shot of the Eiffel Tower from below, looking up. A building to the right has an ornate wrought iron balcony.
Resource with 85 media
Transportation

Resource with 394 media
Image Portfolios about Photography

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Created by
Margaret Grace VanderVliet
Last Updated
April 4, 2020 1:14 p.m.

7 Items in this Learning Collection
Family Art High-Contrast Photography Portfolio 
An overhead view of the center of a flower with dark petals and white tips. The flower encompasses the entire image.
Resource with 35 media
Technology and Modernity in Photography 1900-1948
A photograph of a large farm machine in a field of corn. A man in a hat operates the machine.
Resource with 43 media
Nature in Photography

Resource with 491 media
Architecture in Photography 1900-1948
View of an unfurnished room, whose walls are decorated with pilasters.
Resource with 40 media
Narrative Photography

Resource with 38 media
See Through: Windows and Mirrors in Twentieth-Century Photography

Resource with 26 media
The City in Photography 1900-1948
View of an empty street in front of a men's clothing store.
Resource with 50 media

Technology and Modernity in Photography 1900-1948

A photograph of a large farm machine in a field of corn. A man in a hat operates the machine.
Arthur Rothstein
Farm Machine
gelatin silver print on paper
12 5/8 in x 15 3/8 in x 3/4 in (32.07 cm x 39.05 cm x 1.91 cm);12 5/8 in x 15 3/8 in x 3/4 in (32.07 cm x 39.05 cm x 1.91 cm)
Gift of Gilbert M. Frimet
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View of the Brooklyn Bridge stretching across the East River at twilight with city buildings in the foreground. 
John Francis Strauss
The Bridge
photogravure on Japanese tissue
8 1/4 in x 11 7/8 in (21 cm x 30.1 cm);14 1/4 in x 19 1/4 in (36.2 cm x 48.9 cm)
Gift of the Marvin Felheim Collection
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Image of a young boy clutching a copy of <em>Camera Work</em> in his left arm. He stands in a doorway and looks out of frame.
Clarence H. White
Boy with Camera Work
photogravure on paper
11 7/8 in x 8 1/2 in x 9/16 in (30.16 cm x 21.59 cm x 1.43 cm)
Gift of The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation, in memory of Morris D. Baker, a graduate of The University of Michigan School of Architecture, 1952
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This photograph depicts an oblique view of the Brooklyn Bridge. The bridge dominates over half of the frame starting on the left and reaching into the background, while the right side represents the river and boats underneath the bridge.
Alvin Langdon Coburn
Brooklyn Bridge
photogravure on paper
7 13/16 in x 5 3/4 in (19.84 cm x 14.61 cm);14 1/4 in x 19 3/8 in (36.2 cm x 49.21 cm);8 7/16 in x 6 1/16 in (21.43 cm x 15.4 cm)
Museum Purchase
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Elevated and angled view down Fifth Avenue from the St. Regis Hotel in New York City.
Alvin Langdon Coburn
Fifth Avenue, from the St. Regis
photogravure on paper
7 3/8 in x 5 7/8 in (18.7 cm x 14.9 cm);14 3/8 in x 19 3/8 in (36.5 cm x 49.2 cm);7 7/8 in x 6 1/4 in (20 cm x 15.9 cm)
Museum Purchase
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Elevated view of traffic on an urban street. 
Karl Struss
Mercedes Autobus, Fifth Avenue and 38th Street, New York
sepia-toned platinum print on paper
15 15/16 in x 19 5/16 in (40.5 cm x 49 cm);18 3/16 in x 22 1/8 in (46.2 cm x 56.2 cm)
Gift of the artist
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Photograph of a crowded Fifth Avenue in 1915, New York. People, cars, and horse-drawn carriages bustle through the street.
Paul Strand
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York
photogravure on paper
11 in x 7 7/8 in (28 cm x 20 cm);11 1/16 in x 7 15/16 in (28.1 cm x 20.1 cm);12 in x 9 1/2 in (30.5 cm x 24.2 cm);5 in x 6 9/16 in (12.7 cm x 16.7 cm);57 in x 14 7/16 in (144.78 cm x 36.67 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Jean Paul Slusser Memorial Fund
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Erle Kenton
A Rainy Afternoon
platinum print on paper
3 1/8 in. x 3 7/8 in. ( 7.9 cm x 9.8 cm )
Gift of John and Susan Edwards Harvith in memory of Marvin Felheim
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Photograph of a billboard advertisement depicting a cartoon of a woman in a swimsuit on a beach.
Walker Evans
Billboard
gelatin silver print on paper
10 7/8 in x 7 in (27.6 cm x 17.8 cm);14 3/8 in x 19 3/8 in (36.51 cm x 49.21 cm);5 7/16 in x 9 3/16 in (13.8 cm x 23.3 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Lunn, Jr., in Honor of the Centennial of The Michigan Daily
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A top-down view of a manhole cover upon which are littered cigarette butts and rubbish.
Walker Evans
Street Trash, New York
gelatin silver print on paper
8 in x 10 in (20.32 cm x 25.4 cm);14 3/8 in x 19 3/8 in (36.51 cm x 49.21 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Lunn, Jr., in Honor of the Centennial of The Michigan Daily
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Photograph looking straight down onto a built landscape.
László Moholy-Nagy
From the Radio Tower, Berlin
gelatin silver print on paper
9 15/16 in x 7 ½ in (25.24 cm x 19.05 cm);18 in x 14 in (45.72 cm x 35.56 cm);9 15/16 in x 7 ½ in (25.24 cm x 19.05 cm)
Gift of Dr. Seymour and Barbara K. Adelson
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A black and white photograph of the area beneath the Eiffel Tower. A shadow from an arch of the structure covers most of the ground. A crowd of people stand beneath the tower.
André Kertész
From the Eiffel Tower, Paris
gelatin silver print on paper
8 in x 9 15/16 in (20.32 cm x 25.24 cm)
Museum Purchase
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43 Collection Object Sources
Farm Machine (2008/2.348)
The Bridge (1983/1.293)
Boy with Camera Work (2000/2.142.4)
Brooklyn Bridge (1972/1.170)
Billboard (1990/2.49)
Hardware Store (2011/2.5)
New York at Night (2002/1.156)
Carrousel (1974/1.111)
Mannequin (1974/1.119)
Trinity Church (1989/1.72)
Men's Fashions (1974/1.107)
Powell Street (1983/1.296)
Lackarbeiter (1975/2.97)
The Kiss (1987/1.218)
Coney Island (1984/2.85)

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