Art: Transatlantic Modernism

Art historian and author Wanda Corn ("The Color of Mood"; "The Art of Andrew Wyeth"; "Grant Wood") examines the cultural dynamics that linked art circles in Paris and New York in the opening decades of the 20th century, focusing on painting, sculpture, art films, literature and the decorative arts.

40 x 30 minutes or 20 x 60 minutes

  1. Transatlantic Modernism: An Introduction 1
  2. Transatlantic Modernism: An Introduction 2
  3. Sociological Profile of the Avant-Garde
  4. Paris: Symbolism and Abstraction
  5. NY: Symbolism and Abstraction in the Stieglitz Circle 1
  6. NY: Symbolism and Abstraction in the Stieglitz Circle 2
  7. Paris: Cubism and Futurism
  8. Gertrude Stein: "The Mother of Us All"
  9. The Loss of Innocence: The Armory Show of 1913
  10. WW I: Parisians in New York
  11. Marcel Duchamp (Alias Rose Selavy)
  12. Paris: Apres la Guerre
  13. The New NY: Stella, Weber and Sheeler 1
  14. The New NY: Stella, Weber and Sheeler 2
  15. On the Margins: Stettheimer and Demuth 1
  16. On the Margins: Stettheimer and Demuth 2
  17. An American in Paris: Gerald Murphy
  18. The "New Negro" Arts Movement
  19. Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz
  20. Transatlantic Modernism: Conclusion

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