The work of Joseph Stella and other early American modernists

Resource: Review "Representational Cityscape," and Ch. 3 of Oxford History of Art: Twentieth-Century American Art

Write a 200- to 350-word summary responding to and discussing the following:

The work of Joseph Stella and other early American modernists, such as Marsden Hartley, Max Weber, and Georgia O'Keeffe and how they differed greatly in subject and style to the work of the Ashcan School, and include the following: 

• Where did this abstract style originate? Describe at least one art work in your summary.
• Choose one art form or cultural development that originated elsewhere but which is currently a part of American culture.
• Describe how this art form has directly affected you.