Question

How did many twentieth-century artists respond to the extravagant furniture designs popular in the sixteenth–nineteenth centuries?


by designing country-inspired pieces
by designing country-inspired pieces

by designing extravagant, detailed pieces
by designing extravagant, detailed pieces

by designing asymmetrical, detailed pieces
by designing asymmetrical, detailed pieces

by designing simple, clean pieces

Answer 1

Many twentieth-century artists responded to the extravagant furniture designs popular in the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries by designing simple, clean pieces. This movement often aimed to strip away unnecessary ornamentation and emphasize function and form, aligning with the principles of Modernism.