1. Explain how the works you chose conform to Constructivist theories (Gabo and
Pevsner)? How do these artists envision the role of art, and the artist, in the “new
culture”?
2. Adolf Loos affirmed that, “the evolution of culture marches with the elimination of
ornament from useful objects.” Why did Loos proclaim modern ornament to be
“unprogressive and uncreative”? How do the works you chose demonstrate his
argument?
3. According to Marcel Duchamp, the significance of the “ready-made” was that the
artist “chose” the object, making it art. The artist, in his words, “created a new
thought for the object.” How do the works you chose correspond to Dada ideas
about the connection between art and life? Briefly, what did the Surrealists add to
the Dada critique?
4. How do the works you chose express Le Corbusier’s and Leger’s “Machine
Aesthetic,” the idea that the machine was able to produce an art that is beautiful,
functional, precise and “pure?”
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