Visual Movements
Cluster · 1933 – 1965

Mid-Century Order

Consolidation. Modernism becoming the institutional default.

Essays in this cluster
Swiss / International Style
Clarity is a moral position. Order serves the reader.
1950s – present
8 min
Mid-Century Modern
Modernist principles, finally warmed up enough to live in.
1945 – 1969
9 min
Abstract Expressionism
The canvas as arena. Painting as action, not depiction.
1943 – 1965
9 min