In an attempt to invent a modern photography free of painterly effect, German artists in the 1920s developed a cool, precisionist style called New Objectivity. Part of their new vision was to focus on modern or industrial architecture and design at a moment of great innovation. Their style became an influential benchmark that has helped to define a distinctively modern aesthetic. Especially since the 1980s, a number of contemporary artists have returned to architecture as a subject, sometimes approaching it with the detached view of the historian or archivist.
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Seattle Art MuseumWells Fargo Center1300 FIRST AVENUEWA 98101Seattle, Seattle Art MuseumWells Fargo Center1300 FIRST AVENUEWA 98101Seattle, In an attempt to invent a modern photography free of painterly effect, German artists in the 1920s developed a cool, precisionist style called New Objectivity. Part of their new vision was to focus on modern or industrial architecture and design at a moment of great innovation. Their style became an influential benchmark that has helped to define a distinctively modern aesthetic. Especially since the 1980s, a number of contemporary artists have returned to architecture as a subject, sometimes approaching it with the detached view of the historian or archivist.