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]
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