Modernism is defined as the series of reforming cultural movements in music‚ art‚ architecture‚ the applied arts‚ and literature that occurred in the three decades before 1914. In the modern era‚ not only did things change as far as technology with the Industrial Revolution‚ but also with people themselves with awareness and a change in values. During the modern era‚ civilization was founded on scientific knowledge of the world and rational knowledge of values‚ which places the highest premium
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Some would describe modernism to be the rejection of convention in the modern period. Henri Matisse is an artist who worked through the modern period and his work exemplifies the characteristics that apply to the attempted definitions of modernism and modernity. ‘To pick out a work of art as exemplifying modernism is to see it as belonging to a special category within the western culture of the modern period’ (1) So what is it that defines certain works of art and that places them in this category
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A Comparative Study: Considering El Paso Modernism The Palace Theater in El Paso/Administration building Rice University Nuvia J. Marquez ARCH 3313 History of World Architecture lll Robert Alexander Gonzalez‚ Ph. D.‚ AIA Texas Tech University October 20‚ 2015 The two buildings I decided research‚ compare and learn more about are The Palace Theater‚ built in 1914 by Henry C Trost. This building is located at 125 Pioneer Plz El Paso TX‚ 79901. My other choice
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Morton Professor Hall English 379 November 6‚ 2014 Modernism: Sexual Identity Realism‚ naturalism‚ and modernism were all literary techniques used between the 1940’s and 1960’s. McDowell and Spillers define these three techniques as‚ “realism is taken to refer broadly to a faithful representation of material “reality”; naturalism‚ to a franker‚ harsher treatment of the power of the social environment cum jungle on indivisual psychology; and modernism‚ to a break with the familiar functions of language
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One of the best parts of working on exhibitions drawn from the ZMA’s extensive permanent collection is the opportunity it provides for a look at some of the hidden gems at the museum. During the preparation of Sketching American Modernism‚ I discovered a painting that captured my interest. The work was the Portrait of Mrs. Helen McCoy Storer‚ c. 1910 by Charles Alden Gray (1857-1933). While arguably not by one of the most well-known artists in our collection‚ it was‚ at that moment‚ the most intriguing
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be a sign of modernity. Traditions‚ quite often‚ keep us United‚ but modernity‚ usually‚ takes us apart from each other. A tradition implies belief or custom‚ passed on to us by our ancestors. Much of what we do today has its roots in the past. Modernism is in total contras with the ideas or methods of the traditional ones. Old‚ it is said‚ is gold and should be preserved carefully. But it is also an unavoidable fact that old is to be given up for good to enter the New Era. There is a lot in our
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“The importance of Modernism was in its ability to unite the masses by illuminating common feelings of disillusionment and rebellion through artistic forms.” Argue with reference to two poems of T.S Eliot and one additional text of you choosing. Rebellion and Disillusionment were fundamental feelings expressed by Western society in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They came about as a result of a myriad of factors including; industrialisation‚ urbanisation‚ technological advances‚ militaristic
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reality in modernism? Modernism is a rejection of realism‚ which believed that science will save the world and where notion of science and social determinism is idealized. In modernism‚ science explains everything‚ which took away all the power of God‚ He became useless. In a way‚ life had lost its mystery‚ man‚ not God‚ could rule the world. Irving Howe‚ a literary critic‚ once talked about modernism as an "unyielding rage against the existing order". (Van Dusen‚ 1998) Nevertheless‚ modernism is also
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Modernist writing is also very self-reflexive and deals with inner thoughts and feelings. A broken narrative can be present which is when the narrative stops completely or utilizes flashbacks and often picks up on different threads of thought. Modernism also holds a huge concern for tradition. I believe that modernist writer‚ Wallace Stevens‚ utilizes all the above aspects in his poem‚ “Sunday Morning.” The fragmentary thoughts are very apparent throughout Steven Wallace’s poem because the work
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What is Modernism? This term was usually referred to as the literature era of the 1920’s. During the “Roaring Twenties”‚ as most would say‚ was the time of flappers‚ gangsters‚ and the beginning of some of the most renowned literature known to the United States. One of the famous books written in this time was The Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925. Included in the Modernism Era were the focus on trends and the extreme effect materialism makes on the society of the 1920’s. With
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