摘要：This study includes the analysis of the efforts undertaken in terms of the results of the exhibition of the European avant-garde artists at the Armory Show in the period from Impressionism to Cubism. Unlike the objective reality of traditionalist art, the works exhibited at the Armory Show were unique examples of individual interpretations of avant-garde artists towards abstraction. The realism criteria of the modern works of art exhibited in the Armory Show in 1913 caused an abrupt anger and excitement among critics and artists who had difficulty at first grasping. As the problems were overcome, American art responded to changes in visual arts in Europe, which emerged in the early twentieth century. Art critics challenged the changes in the visual arts represented at the Armory Show, and in time, changed their aesthetic perception and philosophies. Armory Show exhibition, which includes works of European artists as well as American artists; Before art movements such as Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art and Minimalism, which constituted American art, they represented the first examples of modern art in the history of the USA. The realistic movement gathered around the artist Robert Henri and the Ashcan School, who challenged the National Academy of Design, “The Eight” group’s revolutionary exhibition in the USA in 1908, Alfred Stieglitz introducing the works of European modern artists in “Gallery 291”, 1910 Exhibition of Independent Artists seen as the pioneering efforts of artists. These activities had an impact on the creation of avant-garde art in the USA by preparing the ground for designing the 1913 Armory Show exhibition.
其他关键词：Modern Art, Avant-garde, Abstraction, Armory Show, New York
