The Modernist art movement started shortly after World War I and continued to evolve and influence art, culture and design through the middle of the 20th century. Modernist architects and designers believed that new technology developed in the early part of the 1900s rendered old styles of building obsolete. Le Corbusier famously said that buildings should function as “machines for living in,” and following this machine aesthetic, modernist designers typically rejected decorative motifs in design, preferring to emphasize the materials used and pure geometrical forms. Skyscrapers, such as the Seagram Building by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, became the archetypal modernist building. Modernist design of houses and furniture also emphasized simplicity and clarity of form, open plan interiors, and the absence of clutter.
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