Weltanschauung after WWII

• Decolonization of the colonies of Western Europe

• Cold War began after WWII

• Common Market morphed into European Union

• Demise of the USSR and the replacement with Russian Confederation

Abstract Expressionism

• Post WWII expression

• Major artists: Pollock, de Kooning, Rothko, Lichtenstein, Frankenthaler

Pollock Autumn Rhythm 1950

Pollock Blue (Moby Dick)

de Kooning Woman Number One

FrankenthalerSeeing the Moon

on a Hot Summer Day

Lichtenstein Blam

Pop Art

• Representations of objects in contemporary culture

• Andy Warhol is one of the most popular pop artists

WarholMarilyn

1962

WarholBeethoven

Warhol Birth of Venice

Johns Three Flags 1958

Le Corbusier’s Notre-Dame-du-Haut 1950-55

Utzon’s Sydney Opera House 1957-73

Wright’s Guggenheim Museum 1956-9

Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain 1992-97

MooreNuclear Energy

1967

Moore Reclining Nude in Wood

Christo Running Fence 1972-76