Date of Award
Fall 12-18-2017
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Art
First Advisor
Lynda C Klich
Second Advisor
Maria Antonella Pelizzari
Academic Program Adviser
Maria Antonella Pelizzari
Abstract
This thesis examines the Purist object-type as a formal and social tool in interwar Paris. It’s establishment, definition, and use is analyzed through the work and writings of Amédée Ozenfant, Charles-Édouard Jeanneret and Fernand Léger, via painting as the primary practice, and its further conceptual applications in architecture and film.
Recommended Citation
Morra, Jamie, "Purism and the Object-type: Tradition and Modernity, Art and Society" (2017). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/259
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