This document summarizes key developments in art from 1945 to the early 2000s. It discusses the International Style developed by architects like Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson after World War II. It also highlights pioneering works from architects including Eero Saarinen, Santiago Calatrava, and firms behind towering structures in Dubai. For the visual arts, it outlines the rise of Abstract Expressionism in America led by Pollock and De Kooning and new directions in Pop Art, Minimalism, and Feminist art with figures like Warhol, Rauschenberg, Sherman and Ringgold represented. The document spans artistic movements and geographies over the latter 20th century.

1. Europe and America
after 1945

3. LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE
and PHILIP JOHNSON, Seagram
Building, 1956–1958. Fig. 15-33.
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4. International Style Architecture –
Eero Saarinen
Eero Saarinen, TWA Terminal
JF Kennedy International Airport, New
York
1962 4

5. Turning Torso Tower, Santiago Calatrava. Port Authority
Malmø, Sweden, 2005 Trans Hudson (PATH) station, World
Santiago Calatrava, Trade Center site. 2004.
Architect
Tom Wills-
Wright. Burj Al-
Adrian Smith, and
Arab. 1999.
Skidmore, Owings &
Merrill. Burj Dubai,
under construction.
October 26, 2008.
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6. Nancy Rubins, Pleasure
Point, 2006
San Diego, CA
Nancy Holt. Sun Tunnels,
Great Basin Desert, Utah
(one front view). 1973–76.

7. Jackson Pollock.
No. 29, 1950. 1950.
48 x 72 in.

8. Abstract Expressionism
WILLEM DE KOONING,
Woman I, 1950–1952. WILLEM DE KOONING, Woman
Oil on canvas, 6’ 3 7/8” x 4’ 10”. and Bicycle. 1952–53.
76 1/2 x 49 in.
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9. Robert
Robert Robert Rauschenberg.
Rauschenberg.
Rauschenberg. Monogram. 1955–59.
Monogram. First
Monogram. 42 x 63 1/4 x 64 1/2 in.
State
Second State
Robert
Rauschenberg.
Odalisk. 1955–58.
83 x 25 1/2 x 25 1/8 in.
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10. ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG
Pilgrim, 1960 Collection, 1954
Combine painting: oil, Combine painting: oil,
pencil, paper, printed paper, fabric,
paper, and fabric on newspaper, printed
canvas, with painted reproductions, wood,
wood chair; 79 1/4 x 53 metal, and mirror on
7/8 x 18 5/8 in. three canvas panels; 80
x 96 x 3 1/2 in.

11. Romare Bearden.
The Dove
Romare Bearden.
The Block II, detail . 1972
13 3/8 x 18 3/4 in.

12. Abstract Expressionism
ELLSWORTH KELLY, Red HELEN
Mark Rothko. Four
Blue Green, 1963. Oil on FRANKENTHALER,
Darks in Red. 1958.
canvas, 6’ 11 5/8” x 11’ 3 7/8”. Bay Side, 1967. Acrylic
102 x 116 in.
on canvas, 6’ 2” x 6’ 9”.

13. Roy Lichtenstein. Whaam!. 1963.
5 ft. 8 in. x 13 ft. 4 in. Jasper Johns, Three Flags
Andy Warhol,
Race Riot. 1963.
Roy Liechtenstein, Andy Warhol, “32
“M-Maybe,” c.1965 Campbell’s Soup Cans”
Andy Warhol. Marilyn Monroe 13

14. Postmodern Feminist Art
Ingres, The Grand
Odalisque 1814
BETYE SAAR, FAITH RINGGOLD,
****The Liberation Who’s Afraid of Aunt
of Aunt Jemima, 1972 Jemima? 1983. Faith Ringgold,
Fig. 15-26. God Bless America.
1964. 31 x 19 in.
Cox, The Back, 2001
Cindy Sherman.
Untitled #96. 1981.
24 x 48 in.

15. Re-visioning the Past:
Gender Identity and Ethnic Identity
Il passo storico dell'uomo
leggero (The Light Man's
Historical Footstep), 1985
Yasumasu Morimura. Shirin Neshat.
Portrait (Twins). 1988. ***Rebellious Silence,
6 ft. 13 1/2 in. x 9 ft. 10 in. from the series Women of
Allah. 1994.
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16. El Anatsui,
Invitation into
History, 1995
Martin Puryear (1941–), El Anatsui, Wastepaper Bag
Ladder for Booker T. 2003, Aluminum plates and
Washington, 1996. Wood (ash copper wire
and maple),
432 x 223⁄4 in.,
narrowing at the top to 11⁄4 in. x 3 in.