The ‘symbol’ and ‘form’: the influence of art in architecture after the modern movement

When defining spaces for social and community life Modern architecture and later ‘New Monumentality’ defended the synthesis of the arts and demanded a close relationship between architect, painter, and sculptor. However, Team X disagreed as much with the movements’ formal principles as they did with ‘New Monumentality’s’ symbolic principles. Holding a position against these movements’ universalist and autonomous approaches, Team X clarified the symbolic complexity that the second artistic avant-guard movement introduced and that once again influenced architecture.