from pre-modern norms and conventions. Key historical events concerning immigration and the emergence of the money economy gave rise to a particular set of values attributed to urban life. In order to situate Thomson’s poem within the context of modernism‚ key ideas regarding the emergence of the urban centre (Soares)‚ the birth of the modern subject (Williams) and the modern subject’s interaction with the metropolis (Simmel)‚ are considered. With key ideas emphasised by Mills‚ Thomson’s poem explores
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Q) What philosophy do Ezra Pound‚ William Carlos Williams and Marianne Moore share? A) Ezra Pound‚ William Carlos Williams and Marianne Moore were all modernist poets. Modernist poetry deals with experiment and innovation. All three were imagists‚ though at a later stage‚ William Carlos Williams started disagreeing with Ezra Pound. Ezra Pound Ezra Pound was the most aggressive of the modernist poets‚ who made “Make it new!” his battle cry. He turned to classical Chinese poetry as his
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art world that humans don’t always have to be aesthetically pleasing (women in particular). Lastly‚ Duchamp (b.1887-1968) started the phase of ‘ready made’ art proving that you don’t need to make something in order for it to be classified as art. Modernism encompassed the most intensive period of change in art history‚ the industrial revolution (1880’s). It did this by focusing on the transformation of atmosphere in regards to machinery (humans becoming redundant)‚ agricultural processes and the manufacturing
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technology from TV shows‚ to the way you can send a text message and its received instantly etc. living in the Information Age makes life a lot easier and simple. Postmodern which came into use shortly after World War II‚ it is the era that follows Modernism‚ and designates the cultural condition of the late twentieth century. Postmodern primarily occurred in the West‚ artist offered alternatives to the high seriousness and introversion of Modernist expression. Postmodernism is also self consciously
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morals and secular authority. They wage intellectual revolution to voice their concerns about traditional establishment. • Ownership - They claim that collective ownership would most fairly administrate goods and services. • Disillusionment with modernism - Postmodernists rue the unfulfilled promises of science‚ technology‚ government‚ and religion. • Morality is personal - Believing ethics to be relative‚ postmodernists subject morality to personal opinion. They define morality as each person’s
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was the luxurious Room de Luxe where entry was by means of elaborate stained-glass doors‚ whose form are reminiscent of the Japanese kimono shape (Jones‚ 1990‚ 188). Throughout were metals panels twisted into shapes of abstraction‚ exemplary of modernism‚ from which hung green glass balls referencing willow trees. Mackintosh’s staple high-backed chairs broke up the repetitive vista and created a sense of enclosure. His furniture was influenced by the ostentatious simplicity of
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was a display of American and European avant-garde art and a way of thinking that expanded the United States understanding of art. But‚ another art display that happened 24 years after the Armory Show was showing Germany the same style of art‚ modernism‚ but in a different way‚ a negative
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Art Report – Abstract Expressionism Abstract expressionism was first used in the Germany magazine Der Sturm in 1919‚ regarding as “German expressionism”. The term “abstract expressionism” was first applied to American art in 1946 and gained acceptance in the 1950s. It was mostly used in New York and San Francisco Bay area of California. Abstract Expressionism mainly comes from “Surrealism”‚ which represents spontaneous artwork. In combination‚ abstract expressionism has an image of being
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Through the controversy of romanticism and modernism in Dover Beach‚ Arnold allows for readers to question the importance of life and what it means to fulfill human destiny while harnessing the quintessence of who you are. Arnold gives vivid imagery of the beautiful coastline bordering France to present the challenging contrast that we have the choice to either find fear in the future because of its uncertainty‚ or to embrace the beauty of the present because it is all we have in each moment. In
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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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