Modernism in Literature Introduction The horrors of World War I (1914-19)‚ with its accompanying atrocities and senselessness became the catalyst for the Modernist movement in literature. Modernist authors felt betrayed by the war‚ believing that the institutions in which they were taught had led the civilized world into bloody conflict. They no longer turned to these institutions as a reliable means to decipher the meaning of life but instead sought for the answers within themselves. Thus‚ the
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between the music of Debussy and the painting of Turner The music of Claude Debussy and the painting of J.M.W. Turner are‚ in most people’s minds‚ two entirely different things. However‚ each man was considered the founder of impressionism in his own artform. Impressionism was a movement in late 19th century European art‚ which was a reflection of the realizations in physics about the properties of light. Turner’s atmospheric paintings and Debussy’s tone poems‚ although different forms of expression
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Edvard Munch‚ a Norwegian painter and printmaker born in December 12‚ 1863‚ who was a well-known painter. He played a part of the expressionism and symbolism movement. One of his most popular works is “The Scream”‚ which portrays an odd caricature on a boardwalk near the shore. Throughout his youth‚ he faced many turbulences between his health‚ loss‚ critics‚ and his relationship with his father. As he grew up he became mentally disturbed by it all and it reflected in his paintings. Edvard lived
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Structure and Content It ’s not easy to follow a picture description if the writer jumps randomly from one point to another. Therefore‚ make sure that your picture description is logically structured‚ for example: from left to right (or from right to left) from the background to the foreground (or from the foreground to the background) from the middle to the sides (or from the sides to the middle) from details to general impressions (or from general impressions to details) Which structure
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A New History. New York: HarperCollins‚ 2003. 7-16. Print. Keizer‚ Joost. "Michelangelo‚ Drawing‚ And The Subject Of Art." Art Bulletin 93.3 (2011): 304- 324. Academic Search Premier. Web. 26 Feb. 2013. Pateman‚ Trevor. "Isms: Expressionism‚ Impressionism‚ Naturalism‚ Realism‚ Surrealism." Selectedworks.co.uk. N.p.‚ 2005. Web. 2 Mar. 2013
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Robischon Gallery At the Robischon Gallery in Denver‚ CO‚ there is a painting called Koi and Nest. It was painted by David Kroll. The medium is oil on linen. The size is thirty inches by thirty inches. It has four fishes in the center and three nests on the bottom. The background is black to contrast the fishes and nests. Fishes are orange and white while the nest is light brown. Two fishes are different by one fishes has blue spots while another has a golden tone. The colors of the eggs are
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He rejected Academic Art and even Impressionism as an art of mere surfaces. He argued for the depiction of urban life at its toughest and most exuberant‚ just like journalism. He believed that an artist should work with great speed‚ energy and finish a piece of work in one sitting. He stressed
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did not go to school long for any art training‚ but he did attend an academy and university in Turin. He then moved to Rome‚ which is where he ultimately lived the rest of his life and is also where he met his wife‚ Elisa Marcucci. French Neo-Impressionism influenced him greatly during a trip he made in Paris. When he returned home‚ he
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but it gave way to the many varieties of nonobjective art that made its way throughout Europe (Arnason 156). It can be seen as a more radical expression of the philosophy that justified the artistic thoughts and innovations of the Impressionism and Post-Impressionism movement (Karmel 21). Vasily Kandinsky is one of the more famous artist recognized from the expressionist movement. Born in Moscow 1866‚ he studied law at the University of Moscow‚ and declined a professorship to be able to go and
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"Impressionism" is the fragile skein of discourse which expresses—or disguises—this "schizophrenic" contradiction as an apparently harmonious whole.” I agree with Brantlinger’s view on “Heart of Darkness”. Throughout his work‚ it does not seem that he exclusively
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