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What is the Use of Ornament in Contemporary Art and Architecture?

Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/16.37.2 

A Mule and a Plow - Bernarda Bryson Shahn, undated. Lithograph on paper. 

Source: http://www.sonnenzimmer.com/memory/fall-summit/

source: http://www.warhol.org/collection/art/work/1998-1-275/

Keep Your Fire Escapes Clear - Library of Congress says "attributed to Muller", screenprint, 1936 or 37, for the New York Federal Art Project, WPA

The Dream and Lie of Franco, second sheet - Pablo Picasso, etching & aquatint, 1937. 

Source: http://postersforthepeople.com/work-with-care-muchley.html

Work With Care - Robert Muchley, woodcut, 1936/37, for the Pennsylvania WPA Federal Art Project. 

Turning Out the Light - John Sloan, 1905, etching. 

Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/search-the-collections/337064

The wikipedia page for this work: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sleep_of_Reason_Produces_Monsters

Source: http://www.nationalacademy.org/