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Foundations of Modern Visual Thinking
1860 – 1905
ImpressionismArts & CraftsArt NouveauSymbolism
The Avant-Garde Explosion
1905 – 1933
FauvismCubismFuturismSuprematismConstructivismDe StijlDadaBauhausSurrealismExpressionism
Mid-Century Order
1933 – 1965
Swiss / International StyleMid-Century ModernAbstract Expressionism
Pop & the Counter-Reactions
1955 – 1980
Pop ArtOp ArtMinimalism (Art & Design)PsychedeliaBrutalism (Architectural)
Postmodern Pluralism
1975 – 2000
Memphis GroupPostmodernism (Design)DeconstructivismPunk Graphic DesignGrunge Design
Beyond the West
continuous
Mingei (Japanese Folk Craft)Ukiyo-e (Japanese Woodblock)Islamic Geometric DesignAdinkra & West African Textile TraditionsIndian Miniature Painting
Digital Foundations
1995 – present
SkeuomorphismFlat DesignMaterial Design
Surface & Texture (Digital)
2014 – present
Web Brutalism / Neo-BrutalismGlassmorphismNeumorphismClaymorphismBento Grid
Cultural & Critical (Digital)
2011 – present
VaporwaveY2K RevivalCyberpunk / Neon FuturismSolarpunkAfrofuturismThe New AestheticAnti-DesignMaximalism / Acid GraphicsAI-Generated Aesthetic
Cluster
No. 3 of 9
Period
1933 – 1965
Essays
3 in this cluster
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Cluster · 1933 – 1965

Mid-Century Order

Consolidation. Modernism becoming the institutional default.

Essays in this Cluster§ 01
15Swiss / International Style1950s – presentClarity is a moral position. Order serves the reader.16Mid-Century Modern1945 – 1969Modernist principles, finally warmed up enough to live in.17Abstract Expressionism1943 – 1965The canvas as arena. Painting as action, not depiction.
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