American modernism

Robert T. Tally Jr analyses the sense of homelessness in Slaughterhouse-Five in his book A postmodern Iconography, Vonnegut and great American Novel Much of the bewilderment encountered by characters in the novels has to do with their sense of being lost, of not knowing where to go. To be sure, that homelessness existed before; it can be seen in Don Quixote and in the novels of Thomas…

Edward Estlin Cummings: The Master of Art Genealogy and geography, along with numerous other circumstances molded Edward Estlin Cummings into an innovative poet and painter of the modernism movement. The inescapable presence of Harvard, and the desire to live up to his father's legacy as a Unitarian minister, Harvard Graduate , and Professor, played a major role in Cummings’ rebellious attitude towards his father’s traditional world. Cumming’s desire to find his own voice and reject societal…

The Representation of Everyday Life in T. S. Eliot’s ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ Modernism is a philosophical movement that arose from wide-scale changes in Western society, such as industrialism, rapid growth of cities, and the horrors of WWI, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Modernism rejects earlier ideas, such as enlightenment thinking, in part due to the religious undertones it entails. In 1915, Modernist poet T. S. Eliot’s famous poem, ‘The Love Song of J.…

The Soviet Union preferred more practical and functional architecture. Porro was accused of promoting the ideals of individual expression, branded as “bourgeois,” he was compelled to leave the country. However, in 1999, American architect and historian John Loomis published a book titled Revolution of Forms, which brought the story of Cuba’s forgotten schools to international awareness. Castro invited Porro and many other architects discuss the plans of finally restoring/finishing…

During the two world wars, there was a popular art design movement between the 1920’s to 1930’s. It was a combination of different artist styles; neoclassical, constructivism, cubism, modernism, art nouveau, and futurism. These styles affected all types of art such as architecture, interior, design, sculpture, furniture, industrial design and other mediums like clothing, jewelry, graphic arts, paintings, and films. This movement was one of the reason why the twenties were known for “a world…

the family. Women became oppressed, and found it difficult if not, impossible to realize their full professional potential. Post war, in artistic terms, meant modern art, if it wasn’t new and modern it simply did not count as art. To understand modernism in an artistic context one must first understand what it was that was considered ‘new’ after World War II, in politics and art, this was ‘freedom’. A liberated Western Europe, led to a sense of emancipation from any sort system, meaning that all…

For my painting I choose to do something called “Oak Leaves” by Georgia O'Keeffe. O'Keeffe is known for her paintings of over sized flowers and has been called the “Mother of American Modernism”. Georgia is a very good artist and most of he paints are by things that inspire her. O’Keeffe trained to be a artist in Chicago. Her life revolved around her art. Georgia was born on November 15th,1887 in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin on a wheat farm. During her childhood she lived in mainly lived in Wisconsin…

Argument 2: Brutalism reveals ‘The Image’, an ideal aesthetic of modernism as an unresolved visual. (To each individual has their own ideal view of modernism) Banham’s ‘The New Brutalism’ reveals aspects of ‘The Image’, as an ideal aesthetic of modernism as an unresolved visual. As it is a continuously evolving phrase, there are obvious clarities of meaning and articulations to be made of this notion of ‘image’. From this, many architects have insisted many of their own opinions and…

J Buchanan Activity 6 V1 Edwards Weston’s ‘Pepper No.30’ fits into ‘Modernism’ because: This new way of expression through the medium of photography rejected emotional intent and painterly effects for real, sharp actual images. The change was due to society thinking the past was outdated a new social and political emergence of the industrial world was reshaping our outlook on life. A group of American Modernist photographers called themselves the F64 club. F64 relating to long exposure…

UCLA campus a prime example of a modern building is Bunche Hall, which exhibits many hallmarks of modern architecture. Because of its modern sensibilities, Bunche also exemplifies notions of neoclassicism in terms of the classic American college, the picturesque, and modernism in order to function socially as a building that emphasizes new ideas in modern education and to serve as an easily accessible and welcoming learning area for students. The social function of Bunche is mainly to serve as a…