Question

These structures were “discovered” by European modernists after Alma Mahler took photos of some on a tour of the US that were later published by Walter Gropius. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these structures. Charles Demuth painted a concrete and steel example of one of these structures in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in his painting My Egypt.
ANSWER: grain silos [or grain elevators]
[10m] This architect included some of Mahler’s photos of grain silos in his book Towards a New Architecture. This modernist advocated for the Radiant City.
ANSWER: Le Corbusier [or Charles-Édouard Jeanneret or Corbu]
[10e] Grain silos were a common subject in Constructivism, an art movement that flourished in this country. The poster Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge supported this country’s Bolshevik party.
ANSWER: Soviet Union [or USSR; or CCCP; accept Russia]
<Michael Bentley, Fine Arts - Miscellaneous&gt; ~20509~ &lt;Editor: Young Lee>

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Summary

2023 PACE NSC06/10/2023Y2817.86100%79%0%

Data

MidtownBarrington B0101020
Cincinnati Hills ChristianBelvidere0101020
Canyon CrestMira Loma0101020
Thomas Jefferson CChoate Rosemary Hall001010
Hoover BDetroit Catholic Central C0101020
Barrington ADetroit Country Day0101020
William FremdDunbar0101020
HeightsMexico0101020
Hinsdale CentralStevenson A0101020
Winston Churchill AHunter A0101020
Innovation Academy ACarbondale0101020
Irvington AParkway West0101020
Maggie Walker AJohns Creek A001010
Maggie Walker CLincoln-Way East001010
Mercer CountyDetroit Catholic Central B001010
New BrightonWinston Churchill B0101020
Chattahoochee ANorthmont A0101020
PlymouthDetroit Catholic Central A0101020
Richard MontgomeryDallas County0101020
Thomas Jefferson ARockford Auburn A0101020
KinkaidSolon0101020
St. Mark'sBelmont001010
Thomas Jefferson DWinnebago0101020
TroyUniversity Lab0101020
Johns Creek BWalter Payton0101020
WashingtonLake Highland001010
West PointMaggie Walker B0101020
Thomas Jefferson BWoodland0101020