The Modernism period took place in the early twentieth century. During this period, an individual experienced subjective and existential conditions that impacted their human culture and politics. Before this time, the world operated on a rational system, that was governed by law and stood as a representation of reality. When this period came into play, questioning or rejection of tradition was common and life focused on prioritizing individualism, freedom, and formal equality. Life’s theory was no longer based on philosophy and logic, but instead theory was irrational and impracticality. In conclusion, the Modernism period was a time that explored inward truth, imagination, and expressionism to exemplify authenticity. Human beings longing
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This work tells of the narrator’s experience on the train. While riding, the narrator reads all the individuals on the train and tries to encounter eye contact. Everyone on the train except one lady avoids making eye contact with the narrator. The narrator’s contact with the lady makes her make assumptions and paint this imaginary image of the individual’s life. She states that the lady has committed a crime of letting her little brother die, childless, and on the way to visit her sister in law. By the end of the work, the narrator finds out that her assumptions are incorrect because she is greeted and picked up by her son. Although, she was proven incorrect, the narrator rejoices in joy because of her unique qualities. She loves how she imagines and create …show more content…
Pablo Picasso’s work Les Demoiselles d'Avignon presents a very innovative form and technique supporting this idea. This work disrupts conventional modes of representation by rejecting realism and embracing abstraction. The abstraction view introduces two perspectives, no boundary between body and curtain, multiple perspectives of standing and reclining, mask like face, and flatten shapes that defy recognition as body or background. This work is non idealized and a nonrealistic depiction of human form. It stands of a reminder that this period was constructed and not a reality or the
This work tells of the narrator’s experience on the train. While riding, the narrator reads all the individuals on the train and tries to encounter eye contact. Everyone on the train except one lady avoids making eye contact with the narrator. The narrator’s contact with the lady makes her make assumptions and paint this imaginary image of the individual’s life. She states that the lady has committed a crime of letting her little brother die, childless, and on the way to visit her sister in law. By the end of the work, the narrator finds out that her assumptions are incorrect because she is greeted and picked up by her son. Although, she was proven incorrect, the narrator rejoices in joy because of her unique qualities. She loves how she imagines and create …show more content…
Pablo Picasso’s work Les Demoiselles d'Avignon presents a very innovative form and technique supporting this idea. This work disrupts conventional modes of representation by rejecting realism and embracing abstraction. The abstraction view introduces two perspectives, no boundary between body and curtain, multiple perspectives of standing and reclining, mask like face, and flatten shapes that defy recognition as body or background. This work is non idealized and a nonrealistic depiction of human form. It stands of a reminder that this period was constructed and not a reality or the