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Notes on Two Modernist Movements and 2 Artists in Each Movement and 8 paintings Evaluated using the Frames.
Date Submitted: 12/14/2004 05:37:34
Definition of Modernism:
[n] practices typical of contemporary life or thought
[n] genre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious break with previous genres
[n] the quality of being current or of the present; a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village
A working definition of Modernism was the rejection of Victorian ways. Victorian culture emphasized nationalism and cultural absolutism. Victorians placed humans over and outside of nature. They believed
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Picasso 1881-1973: Genius of the Century (Basic Art) by Ingo F. Walther, Taschen America (Paperback - June 2000)
·<Tab/>"The A-Z of Art: The World's Greatest and Most Popular Artists and Their Works", by Nicola Hodge and Libby Anson
·<Tab/>Georges Braque (Modern Masters) -- by Karen Wilkin;
·<Tab/>Various internet resources for the images.
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