Precisionism

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Precisionism was an early 20th-century American art movement characterized by sharply defined, geometric depictions of industrial and urban subjects.

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Precisionism canonical 5
American Precisionism 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American art movement
art movement
alsoKnownAs Cubism
surface form: Cubist-Realism

Immaculate Painting
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
hasNotableArtist Charles Demuth
Charles Sheeler
Elsie Driggs
George Ault
Georgia O’Keeffe
Louis R. Lozowick
surface form: Louis Lozowick

Niles Spencer
Ralston Crawford
hasNotableWork American Landscape
Classic Landscape
I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold
My Egypt
inception 1910s
early 20th century
influenced American modernism
later industrial landscape painting
influencedBy American realism
Cubism
Futurism
Machine aesthetic
Photography
mainSubject architecture
industry
urban landscape
movementCharacteristic clarity of form
clean lines
cool, detached tone
emphasis on structure
geometric simplification
lack of visible brushwork
minimal detail
quasi-photographic precision
sharply defined forms
smooth surfaces
movementContext American modernism
interwar period
peakActivity 1920s
1930s
typicalMotif bridges
factory buildings
grain elevators
industrial plants
machinery
skyscrapers
smokestacks
urban streets

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Charles Sheeler movement Precisionism
Charles Sheeler influenced Precisionism
this entity surface form: American Precisionism
Joseph Stella associatedWith Precisionism
Stuart Davis movement Precisionism
Charles Demuth movement Precisionism
Charles Demuth influenced Precisionism
this entity surface form: American Precisionism