Modernist architecture

Riches, youth and beauty were the dreams of many when the rich had too much money, not enough morals and when times were terribly tough; these times created Modernism. The desire to become one of the elite was an over-powering feeling for some. However, many struggled with racism, being poor and having to work hard for what little money they got. Frost, Robinson, Hughes, and Welty depict Modernism within their poetry. Modernism was a time of great riches but the great depression, dust bowl,…

Imagism is a literary movement that had its origin in the artistic world and reinvented the traditional conventions in art and poetry. This movement emerged in the early 20th century and its main representatives are Ezra Pound, H.D., William Carlos Williams, and James Joyce among others. The main characteristics of Imagism were written down by Ezra Pound in an article published in Poetry: A Magazine of Verse in 1913 with the title of: ‘A Few Dont’s by an Imagiste’ in which Pound describes the…

Time has been important both in modern literature and Virginia Woolf’s novels. Writers before her understood time as a linear chain of past, present and future, therefore the structure of such novels would be created out of a chronological succession of events. Literary emphasis on time resurfaced during the Renaissance and from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, which led the way to scientific and technological advances, to the twentieth century, the way of interpreting time in…

Arising out of a rebellious mood, the late 19th and early 20th century was a time where many writers broke away from tradition by using modernism to take a radical approach on the way society viewed modern literature (Modernism/literature.com). Experimentation and individualism became virtues, where before they were looked down upon. Modernism was set in motion after a series of cultural shocks. The first of these great shocks was the Great War, known now as World War One. At the time, this “War…

Great Gatsby is a novel portrayed through the eyes of Nick who follows a man known as Jay Gatsby, and his persona as “The Great Gatsby”. Indian Camp is a short story through the eyes of a child witnessing a birth. Both stories set an archetype for Modernist literature. Indian Camp, is a short story of unexpected loss and twisted…

As the American literary and artistic movement transitioned from a Romantic sense of Realism, Modernism was brought forth as a means to oppose rational, enlightenment views and devoid their meanings. During this Modernist Era, America culture also witnessed a shift from these rational views to the promotion of one’s image, desire for entertainment and increased leisure time, and equal treatment of women and men. “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot criticizes this American culture…

When modernist literature appeared around the 1910s, it was fairly different than the romantic literature that was popular before it. Instead of focussing on nature, this new form of writing now focussed on inner self and dwelled on the decline of civilization instead of progress. These stories often included characterics of irony, a stream of consciousness, symbolism, told in first person, and society alienating the characters, leading them to loneliness. The short story “The Yellow…

This essay is to address what modernism is and the way in which the work of Frank Lloyd Wright relates to the modernist movement by analysing Wright’s work in detail with reference to modernism and other movements. The movement of modernism follows the ideology that the traditional style of creating art, architecture and literature was becoming old fashioned so a new and experimental approach was taken to allow the different forms of art to be compatible with the changes in the world being more…

TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE VS MODERN ARCHITECTURE We are used to hear the word architecture is always accompanied by the word of art. As all the books of historical and private architecture references said the art triangle is: architecture, sculpture and painting. Architecture was on the top of the list, or the leader of Fine Arts so that's why it named by Romanian as a mother of the art. Architecture is not just a kind of the art because it grew up and formed as a scientific basis of social to…

The Telecom Building, Wellington I have chosen the (Old) Telecom Building in Wellington as my study of Wellington buildings. The reason why I have made this selection is because of my curiosity. The way this building appeals to me and attracts me in is its strange green façade exterior, hooked my eyes every time I walk pass Manners Street. The Telecom Building is located at 13 – 27 Manners Street, Te Aro, Wellington. After a quick online search, it was very easy to find out that the building…