Futurism & Rationalism: Italy’s Interrupted Run-Up to Modernism
Matt Graham
Estimated Read Time: 7 mins | June 11, 2025
How Italy’s early avant-garde chased the machine age—until politics hit pause.
Futurism: ...
Matt Graham
Post-War American Modernism: European Influence, Domestic Innovation, and the Rise of Midcentury Design
Matt Graham
Estimated Read Time: 10 mins | June 11, 2025
How America blended European ideals and homegrown innovation to shape the global language ...
Britain and the Arrival of Early Modernism: Gropius, Fry, Mendelsohn, and Chermayeff
Matt Graham
Estimated Read Time: 7 mins | June 10, 2025
International visionaries brought the modernist revolution to Britain, overcoming conserva...
French Art Nouveau: Paris and Nancy at the Heart of Innovation
Matt Graham
Estimated Read Time: 7 mins | June 10, 2025
From Guimard’s Parisian flair to the ornate School of Nancy, French Art Nouveau redefined de...
De Stijl: Abstracting Modernism Through Pure Form and Color
Matt Graham
Estimated Read Time: 6 mins | June 9, 2025
How a radical Dutch movement defined the abstract language of modernist design worldwide.
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Early Modernism in America: Sullivan, Wright, and the Arrival of the International Style
Matt Graham
Estimated Read Time: 8 mins | June 9, 2025
From eclectic historicism to the International Style—how American visionaries and émigré mod...
The Rise of the Bungalow: America’s Craftsman-Driven Design Icon
Matt Graham
Estimated Read Time: 5 mins | June 8, 2025
How the humble bungalow came to define American domestic architecture—blending Arts and Craf...
Early Modernism in France: Perret, Mallet-Stevens, and Chareau
Matt Graham
Estimated Read Time: 7 mins | June 8, 2025
Three visionary architects—Auguste Perret, Robert Mallet-Stevens, and Pierre Chareau—pushed ...
Antoni Gaudí and Art Nouveau in Spain
Matt Graham
Estimated Read Time: 6 mins | May June 8, 2025
Gaudí’s Barcelona: Where Art Nouveau Becomes Sculptural, Imaginative, and Utterly Unique...