Precisionism

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Precisionism, also called, Cubist Realism, is an art movement that emerged in the United States after WorldWar I. Influenced by Cubism and Futurism, its main themes were the industrialization in regard of the modernization of American landscape. The new American landscape, in other words industrial complexes, were portrayed in precise, sharply defined, geometrical forms. The themes originated form streamlined architecture and machinery of the early 20th century. It had a range from very abstract material to photorealistic paintings. Pictures that give a relation from a gigantic industrial complex to a small human individual can contain social commentary, but this was not fundamental to that kind of art. It was exclusively American and avoided European influences. Important artists were Charles Demuth, Edward Hopper and Charles Sheeler.