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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eventually settling in Norway in 1910. In the 1880’s‚ Munch created several pieces of art and continued to actively paint until the early 1920s‚ shortly before he passed away.(why stop) The artwork he created had an extremely large influence on German Expressionism. Munch’s childhood was somewhat of a tragic one. When he was five his mother passed away‚ and at the age of fourteen his oldest sister passed away‚ both as a result of tuberculosis. Munch’s father and brother also passed away while he was still
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that caused its painters to rebel and experiment with a painting style called Impressionism. After the Haussmanization of Paris‚ artists were ready to incorporate the bourgeoisie into their subject matter and paint outside or “en plein air”‚ and to really capture light and color. Such as in Monet’s ‘Sunrise’‚ color became more important than line in the creation of shimmering surfaces of vibrating color. Impressionism was not concerned with details‚ but with overall effects. Impressionist artists
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movement in art and literature that centered around making a self-conscious break with the past in order to create works that were wholly new. “Make it new” (Ezra Pound) No centralized style: umbrella term for many “isms” Impressionism (Debussy) Primitivism (Stravinsky) Expressionism (Schoenberg) Many more! Modernism in Music: How to Detect It Unconventional/non-traditional plot for ballet‚ opera‚ or program music Radical concept or performance style Harmonic language for each music “ism” Very
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concentrate on themes and deeper meanings and express strong personalities and emotions rather than just focus on optical impressions. Among them were Georges Seurat and Vincent van Gogh‚ fathers of Pointillism and Expressionism respectively‚ two notable styles in the Post-Impressionism as well as modern art. Despite having many differences in techniques and styles as well as careers and personal lives‚ both Georges Seurat and Vincent van Gogh have proved their places in the Post-Impressionist movement
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MUSI 1306 Study Guide-Twentieth-Century & Non-Western Music The section on twentieth-century music will involve chapters 1-8‚ 15-17. Chapters 1-3 will be utilized for the discussion of Non-Western music. It will be necessary to study these chapters‚ as well as the listening examples contained within‚ to achieve full comprehension of these sections. Twentieth-Century Overview (Chapter 1) Within the music of the twentieth century can be seen influences of folk and popular music‚ Asian
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subject‚ the artists uses different methods to express the idea he wants to make clear. The following are the commonly used methods in presenting the subjects of arts: Realism Abstraction Symbolism Fauvism Dadaism Futurism Surrealism Expressionism REALISM It is the attempt to portray the subject as is. The artist selects‚ changes‚ and arranges details to express the idea he wants to make clear. The artist main function is to describe accurately what is observed through the senses.
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painter Édouard Manet‚ who beginning in the 1860s broke away from inherited notions of perspective‚ modeling‚ and subject matter. The avant-garde movements that followed — includingImpressionism‚ Post-Impressionism‚ Cubism‚ Futurism‚ Expressionism‚ Constructivism‚ De Stijl‚ and Abstract Expressionism — are generally defined as Modernist. Over the span of these movements‚ artists increasingly focused on the intrinsic qualities of their media — e.g.‚ line‚ form‚ and colour — and moved away from inherited
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Fin 111 Exam Notes Elements of Art . Texture: The texture is the quality of a surface‚ often corresponding to its tactile character‚ or what may be sensed by touch. It can be explicitly rendered‚ or implied with other artistic elements such as lines‚ shading‚ and variation of color. It is also about the different patterns and types of lines and shading e.g.: rough‚ smooth‚ soft . Form: Form may be created by the forming of two or more shapes or as three-dimensional shapes (cube‚ pyramid
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formed. The three main centers and movements focused on here are the Venice-Florence-Venice triangle‚ which brought us the Renaissance and High Renaissance period. Paris‚ which attracted artists who began the Impressionism and Post-Impressionism movement and New York where Abstract Expressionism emerged. The artists of the high Renaissance were centered around the cities of Florence‚ Milan‚ Venice‚ Padua‚ Madua and Rome‚ giving rise to an area known as the Rome-Florence-Venice triangle. The Renaissance
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