Essays On Modernism

Expressionism is a term that embraces an early 20th century style of art, music and literature that is charged with an emotional and spiritual vision of the world. * The expressionism movement emerged across various cities in Germany. * Expressionism was basically about expressing emotions through colours and exaggerated pictures. * The movement came about […]

This is a list of modern literary movements: that is, movements after the Renaissance. These terms, helpful for curricula or anthologies, evolved over time to group certain writers who are often loosely related. Some of these movements (such as Dada and Beat) were defined by the members themselves, while other terms (the metaphysical poets, for […]

The Washington Color School was a significant art movement that emerged in the 1950s, following Abstract Expressionism. It is characterized by the use of stripes, washes, and fields of solid color on canvases. This movement was not only the first to originate in Washington DC but also played a central role in the broader color […]

As we know the postmodernism is indefinable. However, it can be described as a set of critical, strategic and rhetorical practices using concepts such as difference, repetition, the trace, the simulacrum, and hyper-reality to against other concepts such as presence, identity, historical progress, epistemic certainty, ect. (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Postmodernism pra. ) In the […]

Joaquin-Torres Garcia was involved in the avant-garde art scene, where he embraced the styles of Art Nouveau and Symbolism. He developed these styles between 1896 and 1904 while incorporating scenes from everyday life and drawing inspiration from Antiquity. From 1904 to 1926, he shifted towards classical forms. Torres-Garcia embraced the emergence of cubism and was […]

The art movement known as Surrealism arose in the early 1900s after World War 1. Its purpose is to delve into the unconscious mind and promote self-discovery. Through this form of art, individuals can gain a better understanding of how their minds perceive and interpret the world around them. Originally, surrealism was created as an […]

Through an examination of postmodernism theory it can evidently be seen that it is fundamentally an aesthetic that has derived through the cultural movement of modernism. Through the differences between the movements, however, the characteristics of postmodern aesthetics, such as fragmentation of the individual subject, impossibility for originality, pastiche, self reflexivity, appropriation and bricolage, can […]

Lena Petrovic contends in her article ‘Postmodern Literature does not exist’ that although postmodernism is appropriate for politics and society, it is not a precise term to describe the late 20th century cultural and literary movement. The denial of art through the diffusion of the creative self into various subject positions within language characterizes the […]

Although Sula is arranged in chronological order. it does non build a additive narrative with the causes of each new secret plan event clearly seeable in the predating chapter. Alternatively. Sula uses “juxtaposition. ” the technique through which montages are put together. The effects of a montage on the spectator depend on unusual combinations of […]

Impact of Industrial Revolution on Modern Art at the turn of the 20th Century. To understand most period and movements in modern art, one must first understand the context in which they occurred. When one looks at the various artistic styles, one will realize how artists react to historical and cultural changes and how artists […]

D. H. Lawrence’s The Horse Dealer’s Daughter is a haunting tale about the complex, almost mysterious, ways of love and human relationships. Like his fellow modernist writers, viz. James Joyce and Virginia Woolf, Lawrence was also very fond of a symbolic way of expression and his short stories and novels are usually veritable powerhouses of […]

Cultural differences have varying influences on social groups in different global communities. However, there is a growing awareness of the impact of de-constructive and re-constructive postmodernist perspectives in global culture. This enables individuals to actively engage in the widespread occurrence of cultural assimilation. Regrettably, de-constructive postmodernism has had detrimental effects on many social functions. In […]

A thought that is ‘seeded’ into an author’s mind is outputted in his or hers work. That ‘seeding’ of thought could be initiated by the ‘system’ in which the author lives or lived. That is, the author observing the environment, persons, events etc, he/she faced will ‘interpret’ it in written forms. So, most times an […]

Humans are creature that represents astounding intellect, emotion/s and use of language. The expression of these characteristics provides humans the capability of judgment and understanding. Nonetheless, it is natural for all forms of life to cope with their surrounding, thus, humans stay forever in flux with his environment. Such changes can best be seen in […]

Wallace Stevens wrote Anecdote of a Jar in 1919 when Modernism was in its early stages. In this movement, individuals were encouraged to explore change. Since there was so much change going on in the world, people were concerned with the relationship between society and all of its new innovations and the natural world. This […]

Modernism as a movement is an artistic reaction to the conventional art and literature of mid- to late 19th century. World War I introduced advanced technology and the introduction of industrialisation provoked Modernist writers to express their concerns about the changing society and the complexities it of through their works. Urban alienation, the meaning of […]

Jacques Tati was a French filmmaker, actor, and director in the twentieth century. He has released six feature films, the most successful of which is “Mon Oncle. ” It is a guided tour of the effects and experiences of post modernism on a world which is not quite ready for it. Tati himself stars as […]

Discuss ways in which Richard Schechner’s ‘Performance Theory’ may be of use to contemporary practitioners. Illustrate your answer with reference to at least one dance or theatre performance which you have seen ‘live’. The influence of Richard Schechner(b. 1934) on both theatre production and academic theory has been profound and,in some ways, revolutionary. Schechner has […]

Marshall Berman’s book entitled ‘All that is Solid Melts into Air’ is concerned with modernisation – the changes in society that saw the growth of the modern capitalist world – as well as modernism in other aspects such as art, literature and architecture, all of which are incorporated into Berman’s account. Berman distinguishes between three […]

According to Ezra Pound, the goal of modernist literature was to bring about novelty and freshness (Pound; 1934). Nevertheless, one cannot fully grasp the essence of this significant literary movement without first understanding its opposite, as is often done in post-structuralist analysis: realism. Realism was a conventional and non-experimental style of writing characterized by its […]

Paris has been a great helping hand to Coco Chanel to a large extent. Her life has been transform to becoming the most powerful and fascinating women entrepreneur and successful fashion designer of the 20th century. To be living in France and not even traveling the world, it is amazing to be able to have […]

Modernists aimed to reflect reality in ways more ‘real’ than conventional literature. The modernism movement was prompted by a widespread disillusionment in society that resulted from contextual events. This allowed an altered view of the world as fractured and chaotic, especially due to paralysis and alienation in modern society. This newly perceived reality is reflected […]