Modernism in our text is defined as stylistic innovations, its willingness to disrupt traditional syntax and form, to mix together modes or levels of writing that had often been kept separate, and to risk irregularity and experimentation in order to challenge the audience's preconceived notions of value and order.
The two pictures shown in class may be used here to explain the above definition. The first picture painted before the 20th century was brighter, colorful, and consisted of basic geometrical shapes like circles, and squares and the women seemed to be happy in their home. The picture signified life and there was the presence of the element of warmth. .
In contrast, the second picture that was painted after the world war was in an urban setting of people waiting for the instruction from a pedestrian signal to cross the road. The people were painted in shades of gray; they had straight and emotionless faces, and looked more like the walking dead.
The Centers of Modernism.
Modernism reached the United States in 1913 in the form of the Armory Show and consisted of abstract paintings by not-so well-known American and European artists. The art was not accepted by a large section of the population and the press considered it deviant from cultural norms and an insult to good taste.
Artists in this era expressed freely what they felt, thought or imagined of a situation, incident or place and they challenged questions of form and structure of traditional works of art. Some artists continued to incorporate primitive material and attitudes in their work. While yet others had works the essence of which was an international perspective on cultural matters. Examples of this is cited in later sections of this study.
In spite of initially rejecting modernism, this concept soon took shape as a prevalent one. This was mainly because of America's historical and social forces. These forces include facts like the immigration of Europeans, Africans and people from various Asian countries residing in America for generations, industrial revolution and its impact on the lives of the working class, technological advancements, etc.
The Romantic Period I. ... Famous Poets of The Romantic Period 1. ... A Turbulent Period 1. ... England experienced change from an agricultural society to a modern industrial nation 3. ... In 1802, the "Edinburgh Review- introduced the modern type of periodical publication a. ...
There were three main changed to urban life during this period. Firstly there was a change in the demographics of townspeople during the early modern period. ... During the early modern period there was a greater range of demographics, both in terms of religion and social standing. ... There were many political changes during the early modern period, especially within urban communities. ... Factional conflict also played a part and as a result this shaped urban centres during the early modern period. ...
In his study, Ryan Teten concluded that there were three distinct periods in the evolution of presidential rhetoric: a founding period, a traditional period, and a modern period (Teten 12). According to his research, Washington would be considered as being part of the founding period, while Presidents Obama and Bush would be classified as the modern presidents. ... This is because in each period, the president was faced with the duty of persuading the audience, in relation to their time period. ... In his study, he presents three different eras of presidential rhetoric which he deduced to be ...
Life during the period of Early Modern Europe was an exceptionally confusing and fast paced time for one to live in. ... Religion was one main characteristic of life in Early Modern Europe. ... In the book, The Cheese and the Worms, a miller named Menocchio describes and how he saw things in that time period. ... Another characteristic of Early Modern Europe life was the aspect of politics. ... Finally, one last major characteristic of Early Modern Europe was the scientific revolution. ...
I felt the time period reflected W.H. ... This is the period in history in which The Great Depression was in effect. ... Throughout this time period Social Security was created. ... Now I understand that the modern man isn't always the best choice of living. ... I felt the time period reflected W.H. ...
Hallstatt is the first period of prehistory that can be linked with the Celts. ... Iron Age Europe exposes, more clearly than perhaps any other field of archaeological enquiry, to what degree modern interpretations of ancient gender are the products of our modern day constructs of the male and female. ... It wasn't until much later and within more modern burial interpretations that it was realised that many of these graves were in fact those of female individuals. ... The skull's cranial capacity of 1425cc approaches the modern average European male minimum of 1450cc. ... The...
William Shakespeare is really the defining icon for modern literature. ... My goal for this paper is to convince you, reader, that William Shakespeare had the greatest affect on the future of modern literature. ... This period in Shakespeare's life was known as the "lost period." ... The first period of Shakespeare's writing career was really his experimental stage. ... Most of Shakespeare's works in the first period were chronicle history plays. ...
Despite Hopkins' classification, each period is not fixed, but overlaps and interacts with the others , the stages ranging from Archaic, Early Modern, Modern and Post-Colonial Globalisation. ... Much of the attempted globalisation in the Archaic Period was from the East, and although many did not endure, the mini-globalisations and events such as the revolt created a legacy that was adopted in many cases by the West and led to the Early Modern Period of globalisation and industrialisation. The Early Modern period distinguished itself on the basis of expansionism, the method of managing...
Chapter 17: Modern Art Modern art is when ever artists use new subjects, materials, and techniques. In the 18th century the concept of space was used in France this was considered modern art. ... The first period to use planar recession was neoclassicism. ... Out of all the groups of modern art I like the impressionists the most. ...
Modern listeners often think of classical music as "serious" and "boring" music, but to people of that era, nothing could be farther than the truth. ... Many nursery songs were written during the classical period. ... Another aspect of the Classical period was political. During the Classical period there were many world events. ... During this period middle class was struggling for rights. ...