in a way‚ modernist art followed the rudimentary progression of general modernity‚ which involved the “creative destruction” in all spheres through the “negation of the old and the creation of the new.” Towards the 1950s‚ enervation took hold as modernity failed to deliver on its historical promise to deliver an unprecedented future of prophetic works of art. Reactionaries like Dwight MacDonald hated these changes. In his 1952 Theory of Mass Culture‚ he likened contemporaneous art as akin to
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Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain by Sarah Shea HUMN406-01 Professor Nelson Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain People often ask what constitutes good art. Who decides whether or not a piece is art and whether it is good art or not? Marcel Duchamp challenged popular notions of his day about what art actually is. Duchamp‚ a French artist living in New York at the turn of the century‚ believed that it was up to the artist to determine what art is. Duchamp is most famous for a type of sculpture he created called
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A proliferation of varying styles characterized the world of American art and architecture in the period between 1880 and the outbreak of World War 2 in 1939. In spite of the fact that these various styles often had little in common with each other‚ they are traditionally clusted under the label of Modernism. It is thus rather difficult to give a precise definition of modernism‚ one that encompasses all the characteristics of the aritists and architects who are commonly grouped under this
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The Painted Door – Essay Assignment James Sinclair Ross was a Canadian banker as well as an author. He was most well-known for his short stories set on the Canadian prairies. In Ross’ short story The Painted Door‚ Ann and her husband John live on a farm in Saskatchewan in the 1800s. While a snowstorm is approaching‚ John leaves for his father’s farm to help him look after the chores‚ leaving Ann by herself in the storm. The theme of The Painted Door is isolation leads to irrationality and misery
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Turing against beauty: An Informative Summary of Rogers Scruton’s “why Beauty Matters” Roger Scruton’s documentary‚ “Why Beauty Matters.” Gives us an insight on what art is‚ why it is considered art‚ and the meaning of art and its true beauty it brings. Roger Scruton’s documentary shows us how art and what we consider “beautiful” has changed so drastically over the centuries. During the last century the art‚ music and architecture seemed to all be ugly. Going further and further away from what
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Taking a Look At Marcel Duchamp’s 1917 “The Fountain” Emily Lindeau ART 106 April 17‚ 2016 You walk into the gallery‚ pedistools every few feet and grand stretched canvases on the wall. As you round the corner you see a drammatic light hit the shiney porcelain bowl and you lose it‚ you just cant stop laughing. There sits Marcel Duchamp’s ‘Foutain’. Is this guy serious? He takes a urinal and places it upside down and suddenly its a work of art? Thats silly and seems almost
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Surrealism evolved in Paris in 1924 and became less popular in 1966. The movement began when a group of artists and writers wished to unlock the power of imagination. Surrealists felt that the mind repressed the power of imagination. Many Surrealist ideas helped shape the Abstract Expressionists which remain influential today. Artists such as Pablo Picasso‚ Max Ernst‚ Alberto Giacometti‚ and Salvador Dali created works that were very popular during the Surrealist movement‚ and still are today (“Surrealism”)
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Modernist literature is the literary expression of the tendencies of Modernism‚ especially High modernism.[1] Modernistic art and literature normally revolved around the idea of individualism‚ mistrust of institutions (government‚ religion)‚ and the disbelief of any absolute truths. Modernism as a literary movement reached its height in Europe between 1900 and the middle 1920s.[2] Modernist literature addressed aesthetic problems similar to those examined in non-literary forms Modernist
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Surrealism Surrealism is an international art movement‚ which draws from the depths of the subconscious mind and explores the human psyche. Frenchman Andre Breton‚ who described Surrealism as ‘pure automatism by which it is intended to express the true function of thought’‚ championed surrealism in the late 1920s’. In this period of time‚ the world was inflicted with the two major wars‚ that filled humanity with horror and unimaginable terror. Some artists of this period were chosen illustrate
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The surrealism movement began in the early 1920s during World War I and II. Surrealism was a movement of art and literature aiming to express the subconscious mind by using dream like images (Dewitte). One of the early artists during this movement was Pablo Picasso. His painting‚ “Two Women in Front of a Window”‚ is an excellent example of surrealism and it also contains elements of cubism. In contrast‚ Philippe de Champaigne’s piece “The Repentant Magdalen”‚ was painted during the Middle ages and
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