conventions in art including concepts of originality and authenticity. It also corresponds to ideas about politics‚ society and culture and looks at how artists often appropriate (borrow) ideas or imagery from other sources/artists. MODERNISM Defining Modernism: - Refers to the period dating from about the 1860s to 1970s - Used to describe the style of the ideology of the art produced during this era - Modern art arose as part of the Western society’s attempt to come to terms with urban
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The Moderns 1914-1939 The American Dream: Pursuit of a Promise Modernism called for bold experimentation and wholesale rejection of traditional themes and styles. America is considered a land of new Eden: a land of beauty‚ bounty‚ and unlimited promise. The American Dream is based on optimism‚ opportunity‚ progress. A Crack in a the World: Breakdown of Beliefs and Traditions The center of literary life had shifted from New England and spread across America. Two new theories‚ Marxism and psychoanalysis
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Modernism refers to the artistic and philosophical movement that occurred in the nineteenth century; the movement challenged past ideas and concepts. T.S Eliot is considered as one of the twentieth century’s major poets; his poem ‘the love song of j. Alfred Prufrock’ has gone down as one of the major works of the Modernist movement. ‘Prufrock’ is a dramatic monologue that follows a man striving for meaning in a suddenly industrial modern road‚ typical themes of modernism. The isolation and displacement
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The Furies‚ three ugly sisters in the horrible Underworld‚ guardians of the gates of Tartarus‚ and killers of those who deserve it most‚ are essential to mythology. They are the redeemers of life‚ making sure that people who kill or commit contemptible acts are taught a lesson‚ and they change the fate of any soldier‚ sailor‚ or epic hero they want. The Erinyes are representatives of justice and vengeance‚ and their reputation is very dynamic. Most see them as evil-minded‚ but there are stories where
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Modernism and Post Modernism in Literature Modernism in Literature Literary Modernism has its origins in the late 19th and early 20th centuries‚ mainly in Europe and North America. Modernism is characterized by a self-conscious break with traditional styles of poetry and verse. Modernists experimented with literary form and expression‚ adhering to the modernist maxim to "Make it new." The modernist literary movement was driven by a desire to overturn traditional modes of representation and express
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Modernism: * Chaotic society due to the first world war * First called ‘avant-garde’‚ artists (such as musical writers‚ artists‚ poets‚ etc.) saw themselves as alienated from the establishment and aimed to shock and challenge existing social conventions by being chaotic‚ obscure and abtract. * Modernism is a movement that breaks away from classical and traditional forms. Creating different perspectives by breaking boundaries. It’s constantly changing and breaks away from the Victorian
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As some critics contended‚ postmodernism represents a break with the modernist notion that architecture should be technologically rational‚ austere and functional‚ discuss the ways in which one postmodern architect has developed strategies which overcome these tendencies. Juxtaposition is seen between the characteristics of early 20th century modern architecture and the artistic endeavours of postmodernism that followed. To represent the ‘Less is More’ (R.Venturi‚ 1966‚ pg16) notion the modernist
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S1523 Project Title The Focalization of Sound Abstract Objectives/Goals Scientists have been able to focus sound waves by transmitting an ultrasonic wave in a straight line that can give off audible sound in its path. The only disadvantage to this is the high cost. This project was designed to develop a low-cost process of focusing sound using a parabolic dish and sound-absorbent material. Methods/Materials The project began with the building of a sound box to test different materials in. The box
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35585 APUSH Mr. Steere 15 November 2011 Approaching Fury Henry Clay: Henry Clay had very complicated beliefs when it came to slavery. He believed that it should be eradicated from the face of the earth‚ but at the same time‚ he owned slaves himself. Clay said that because of the current state of the economy of the United States‚ slavery was a necessary evil‚ but should nevertheless be removed from society. Later in his life‚ Clay had bought sixty slaves to serve in the fields of his plantation
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“The beginnings of Dada were not the beginnings of art‚ but disgust.”1 Modernist movements rejected traditional art styles‚ turning against the classical‚ more formal aesthetics in exchange for newer‚ more abstract ways of viewing the world. The emergence of Dada as an anti-art movement was described by Kleiner as: "a phenomenon bursting forth in the midst of the economic and moral crisis [of war-torn Europe]‚ a savior‚ a monster‚ which would lay waste to everything in its path... a systematic
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