Art often reflects events that happened at the time it was created. Groups of artists who have the same artistic goals, similar styles, and who sometimes work in the same city or region create "art movements." How would an art movement after World War I look? It was the first war using machines and new types of weapons. An estimated 8.5 million soldiers and 13 million people died.
After the violence of World War I, people in Europe were eager to return to their orderly, everyday lives. This desire was reflected in an artistic movement known as Purism. It was started by two French artists, Am眤d眤e Ozenfant and Charles-蟁douard Jeanneret, who was also an architect. They published a book, Apr�嫳 le Cubisme (After Cubism), in 1918 to explain the goal of their art. They believed that people would find joy in an organized world and would feel satisfied by helping to create order for society. Purist paintings used geometric shapes and often focused on machinery, vases, and cups. Colors could be bright but browns and grays were also used.
The Purist movement was small and didn't last long. Fernand L眤ger was the third artist to join the movement. Poet Paul Derm眤e also worked with Ozenfant and Jeanneret to publish a review called L'Esprit Nouveau , which means "the new spirit." One of the most famous creations of Purism was the Pavillon de l
Esprit Nouveau (Pavilion of the New Spirit), built in 1925 for the International Exposition of Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris. Jeanneret,
who called himself "Le Corbusier" when he was working as an architect, designed the building.
Although the Purist movement lasted only seven years, it reflected people's desire to recover from a terrible war and to return to order. It showed the order that artists were able to find in everyday life.
藝術在創始之初，通常會反映出時事。一群有著相同藝術目標、相似風格、甚至有時在同一座城市或地區工作的藝術家，會自然而然組成「藝術運動」。那麼第一次世界大戰之後的藝術運動是什麼模樣呢？這是史上第一場使用軍事機器與新式武器的戰爭，估計約有850萬名軍人和1,300萬人民喪生。
歷經第一次世界大戰的摧殘後，歐洲人民迫切希望回到原本井然有序的日常生活。這樣的心境反映在名為「純粹主義」的藝術運動上。此運動是由阿米迪．歐贊凡與查爾斯．愛德華．詹努勒這兩位藝術家所帶動（詹努勒亦身兼建築師）。他們在1918年出版了《立體主義之後》一書來說明其藝術目標。他們相信，人們能在有條不紊的世界裡重拾歡顏，也能在創建社會秩序之際感到滿足。純粹主義畫作採用幾何圖形來表達機械、花瓶與杯具等主題。其色彩鮮明，亦夾帶棕色與灰色兩種色調。
純粹主義運動的規模不大， 也沒持續多久。費爾南德．雷捷是第三位加入此運動的藝
術家。而詩人保羅．戴牧亦與歐贊凡和詹努勒合作出版了意喻「新精神」的評論型刊物L'Esprit Nouveau。純粹主義最享譽盛名的代表作，就是詹努勒於1925年在巴黎國際裝飾工業藝術博覽會建造的「新精神館」。自稱「柯比意」的詹努勒以建築師身分設計了這棟建築。
雖然純粹主義運動僅為期短短七年，卻反映出人民亟欲擺脫可怕戰事、重回生活正軌的心願，也展現了藝術家在日常生活中所找出的秩序。
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