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Davis, Mary. "Chanel, Stravinsky, and Musical Chic." Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture 10.4 (2006): 431-460. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 3 Nov. 2010.

This article is about how Chanel change the fashion world. How she went to the streets of France to get the inpiration for her designs. The simple style was the new Chic after the war. Being comfortable took precedence over the elegance of an outfit. The article also is about how her style changed otherr aspects of modern art in the 1900s.

Harrod, Tanya. "Review: Art Deco 1910-1939. London." The Burlington Magazine Vol. 145 No. 1203 (Jun., 2003): 462-4. JSTOR. Web. 16 Nov. 2010

This article focuses on an Art Deco exhibit in a London museum. Many examples of Art Deco are described through explaining what the exhibit consisted of. Through describing Art Deco, the article makes the differences clear between both the Art Noueau and Modernism movements. Several designers, fans and examples of Art Deco are listed. This article was helpful because through describing the exhibit, different examples and mediums of Art Deco are explained.

Loss, Archie. "Vile Bodies, Vorticism and Italian futurism." Journal of Modern Literature 18.1 (1992): 155. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010.\n\n

Adamson, Walter L. "Contexts and Debates Fascinating futurism: The historiographical politics of an historical avant-garde." Modern Italy 13.1 (2008): 69-85. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. Contains descriptions of a couple distiguishable groups of futursts and elaborates on there differences. The article also gives adaquate background information on people like Marinetti as well as for the futurist and fascist movements themselves. The author indicates that there may be some confusion in separation the fascist and futurist movements but the author attemps to correct this issue.

Taylor, Joshua C. Futurism. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1961. Questia:Trusted Online Research. Cengage Learning, 2010. Web. 11 Nov. 2010. This book is about the art movement of Futurism and the background information of how it came to be. The book tells us about the goals Futurism wished to accomplish. It wanted to create new risky advancement in the art world and did just that. The major part of the book is its accomplishments through various artists. It takes a look at some of those major contributing artists of Futurism such as Umberto Boccioni. It analyses the Manifestos with and how it was the catalyst to the whole movement. This contains a good amount of valuable information that can be very helpful.

Kemp, Martin. "Dali's dimensions." Nature 391.6662 (1998): 27. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. This article describes Salvador Dali's usage of the fourth dimension in his artwork. It references other artists who were inspired by Dali and used this fourth dimension. In addition, it mentions other famous artists that were essential to modernism, like Dali.

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Collings, Matthew. "Think About van Gogh In a Different Way." Modern Painters 22.1 (2010): 24-27. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 19 Nov. 2010. This source is able to provide a look at Van Gogh and his artwork. It goes on to talk about The Letters which is a six-volume collection of every known letter to or from Van Gogh. Also provided is a make-up of paintings based on photos of artworks that he did. Another piece of information provided is the way in which Van Gogh's art can be viewed. Certain vantage points of his artwork provided different emotions and images which is why his art is so intriguing.

MacTaggart, John. "Impressionism." ArtFactory, 2010. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. This work starts off by stating when and how the Impressionist Movement was found. It then goes into what the goals of the Impressionists were and how they sought to complete these goals. For example, to catch a particular landscape scene, Impressionists would paint until the colors changed, and then return another day when the colors were the same. It also talks about the various influences of the impressionists and gives many painting examples of the movement.

Eggener, Keith L. "'An Amusing Lack of Logic': Surrealism and Popular Entertainment." American Art. 7.4 (1993): 30-45. The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Web. 10 Nov. 2010. This article talks about how Surrealism impacted American Art starting in the 1930s. Socialites across America were introduced to this movement by going to Surrealist Costume Balls and flipping through fashion magazines that contained this new form of art. Salvador Dali's "Dream of Venus" captured the attention of many and soon people were craving a desire to dream like him. Many do not realize that this movement was first accessible to and received by Americans. Surrealism actually evolved from trendsetters in fashion and entertainment within America and Europe. "The earliest examples of genuine Surrealist art to be seen in America were probably those included in Katherine Dreier's Sociata Anonyme exhibition of modern European and American art." Most information that Americans had about Surrealism came from printed articles in newspapers or magazines. Many surrealist authors related their work to the illusionary branch of Salvador Dali's work. He was by far the most influential person in this movement. Surrealism was not meant to be a type of revolution, but new insight or beginning for art.

"Introduction to the Artistic Style of Surrealism." ArtHistory.net. Web 9 Nov. 2010. This article discusses how Surrealism has progressed and captured Modern imagination and Art. Surrealism started from the work and culture of Salvador Dali. Other surrealists, such as Andre Breton, wanted to explore further through literature, poetry, and the human mind. Breton described wrote a novel and described Surrealism as "those two seemingly contradictory states, dream and reality, into a sort of absolute reality, of surreality." One of the main reason why Surrealism grew and has effected contemporary art is because it has captured attention in numerous countries such as Europe, the United States, South America, and Mexico. It brought a sense of excitement for artists because it broadened the typical view of life as we know it. It allowed artists to create works in which they only dreamed about. Another surrealist artist, Kahlo, was very passionate about her work. An example of her work was an image of herself in a hospital bed as a victim with glaring objects hovering over her. She wanted to show viewers the sad nature of hopelessness. Kahlo was a large influence for the Surrealist movement.

Mckever, Rosalind. " Back to the Futurism" Art Book 17.1 (2010): 66-67. EBSCO. Web.16 Nov. 2010. The article focuses on Futurism today and its affect on the future. Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's life and his contributions to Futurism in 1909 are discussed. Marinetti influenced many other artists to follow in his footsteps. Today art is now today has taken shape in the form of technology and not as much painting and art. I like the title because it describes the article well.