Modernism

Modernism is a style or movement in this list of Arts

• Painting
• Sculpture
• Architecture
• Literature
• Poetry

These are challenged traditional and classical forms

Thoughts are that modernism began in the late 1800's. It roughly occurred between 1875 and the mid-1900's. 

The argument which was that they was a change in society, which was becoming more:

• Modern 
• Industrial
• Secular
• Rational 

Modernist Architecture

Modernist architects and designers believed that building should be practially designed - as apposed to decorative churches or cathedrals in the past. Modernist designers typically rejected decoration in design, preferring to emphaise the materials used and pure geometrical forms.

Modernist Literature

Modernist Literature is a sub-genre of Modernism-characteristed by writing that was utopian, positive and reflected great developments in the fled of political history, philisophy and psychoanakysis.

But after WW2, the writing reflected disillunsionment and a lack of trust in government and religion, and displayed the fears of a darker side of humanity.

This are a list of Modernist Literatures:

• TS Elliot - Poet
• EM Forester - Novelist
• James Joyce - Novelist and Poet
• DH Lawrence - Novelist. Poet and Playright

Modernism

• Self-conciousness/self-reflexivity
• Alternative ways of thinking about representation - rejecting traditional approaches
• Rejection of realism
• Experimentation
• Fragmentation in form and representation
• Modernism challenged Status Quo
• Modernism retained a belief that rationality and reason were the key to progress.

3 Examples


Pablo Picasso - Scream



I think this shows alternative ways of thinking about representation - rejecting the tradtional approaches and also experimentation as it is slightly rejecting the tradtional ideas about realism.


Sydney Opera House



I personally believe this is a way of Experimentation with also the rejection of realism.