moderne
Thirties streamlined style
Moderne is a style of architecture and design from the 1920s through 1940s, characterized by streamlined forms, curved corners, and horizontal lines.
It emphasizes sleekness and modernity over the sharp geometric angles of Art Deco.
The term appears most often in Art Moderne or Streamline Moderne, describing buildings, furniture, and objects with aerodynamic shapes suggesting speed and progress.
Of the present age
- currentDirected flow of charge
- up-to-dateReflecting present knowledge
- fashionableCurrently in style
- chicTasteful, current flair
stylish · sophisticated · sleek · minimalist · functional · understated · refined · cosmopolitan
Influential modernist design school
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
- skyscraperVery tall urban building
- cantileverBeam supported one end
- International StyleFunctionalist architecture movement, 1920s
functionalism · Gropius · asymmetry · open-plan · geometric · prefabrication · high-rise · chrome
Remove unnecessary elements
- aerodynamicMinimizing drag through shape
- chromeReflective metal coating
- BakeliteFirst fully synthetic plastic
- geometricRelating to mathematical shapes
zigzag · sunburst · chevron · sans-serif · monochrome · sleek · symmetry · motif
Fragmented geometric abstraction
- FauvismExpressionist color-focused art school
- SurrealismArt movement exploring dreams
- DadaismAbsurdist artistic rebellion
- FuturismArt glorifying technology and speed
Constructivism · Suprematism · Picasso · Matisse · Kandinsky · Duchamp · Mondrian · abstraction
contemporary
Of the present age
- currentDirected flow of charge
- up-to-dateReflecting present knowledge
- fashionableCurrently in style
chic · stylish · sophisticated · sleek · minimalist · functional · understated · refined · cosmopolitan · urban
Bauhaus
Influential modernist design school
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
- skyscraperVery tall urban building
- cantileverBeam supported one end
International Style · functionalism · Gropius · asymmetry · open-plan · geometric · prefabrication · high-rise · chrome · terrazzo
streamline
Remove unnecessary elements
- aerodynamicMinimizing drag through shape
- chromeReflective metal coating
- BakeliteFirst fully synthetic plastic
geometric · zigzag · sunburst · chevron · sans-serif · monochrome · sleek · symmetry · motif · ornament
Cubism
Fragmented geometric abstraction
- FauvismExpressionist color-focused art school
- SurrealismArt movement exploring dreams
- DadaismAbsurdist artistic rebellion
Futurism · Constructivism · Suprematism · Picasso · Matisse · Kandinsky · Duchamp · Mondrian · abstraction · collage
moderneornate
Elaborately decorated
embellished · fussy · overwrought · antiquated · old-fashioned
modernenonmodern
Not of recent times
old-fashioned · antiquated · dated · retro · classical
- modern slaveryCurrent forced labor exploitation
- modern artRecent creative expression
- modern theaterCurrent era's stage arts
- modernist artExperimental early-twentieth-century aesthetics
- modern art exhibitionsDisplays of recent artistic works
- modern warfarePresent-day armed conflict
modern, modernize, modernized, ultramodern, modernist, modernity, modernism, modernization, modernizing