HISTART 244 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: City Beautiful Movement, Arthur Wesley Dow, Frederick Jackson Turner

• School: U of M
• Department: History of Art
• Course: HISTART 244
• Professor: Rebecca Zurier

Document Summary

Civilization and nostalgia at the end of the 19th century, september. Campus-like, different pavilions set up by different parts of the world. Buildings were temporary: was supposed to be held in 1892, many cities tried to hold the fair, between chicago and new york, said chicago was the city of the future. Convened most important planners, architects to plan and design the fair"s buildings. Olympic movement began at the time of the world"s fair. Frederick jackson turner (cid:498)significance of the frontier in american (istory(cid:499) address. Didn"t want design to be haphazard: classical style of architecture, uniform cornace line (made everything seem more unified). Chicago, but areas were present where symmetry existed. delivered at meeting of the american historical association in chicago, 1893: frontier has closed, turner imagines the us without native americans. Political piece, native people lived on reservations, protesting war and slaughter. Prayed for the destruction of white armies destroying their people.