Einstein Tower

Architecture · 1919–1921 · Potsdam · Europe

Solar observatory built to test relativity, its form seemingly moulded from clay

Author: Erich Mendelsohn
Style: Expressionism — Not how the world looks but how it feels: anguish turned outward in distorted form and raw colour
Century: 20th century

Made around the same time (±30 years)

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1915 Black Square — Kazimir Malevich · Russian avant-garde · Moscow
1928–1930 Chrysler Building — William Van Alen · Art Deco · New York
1928–1931 Villa Savoye — Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret · Modern architecture (International Style) · Poissy, near Paris
1907–1908 The Kiss — Gustav Klimt · Art Nouveau · Vienna
1907 Les Demoiselles d'Avignon — Pablo Picasso · Cubism · Paris, Bateau-Lavoir
1931 The Persistence of Memory — Salvador Dalí · Surrealism · Portlligat, Catalonia
1893 The Scream — Edvard Munch · Expressionism · Kristiania (Oslo)