ENGL 305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cubism, Marianne Moore
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Modernists would not call themselves modernist: used more direct names. Modernism is a term to capture the revolutionary tone of the era. Used in the class: used to dignify an aesthetic. Exclusively an art work: a multidimensional artistic response to the experiences to modernity, describers the art of the early 20th century and the response to those conditions. The conditions is referred to as modernity. Working to intervene with modernity: modernism in a relationship with modernity. #1: these dates imply that art follows history. Pound"s modernism advice: make it new. Things often said about modernism: a reaction against modernity and war. We used our technologies against each other. A fundamental break with all of the paradigms they believed in the. Enlightenment period: a reaction against romanticism, victorianism, or realism. The new world has no place for old forms. Outdated and outmoded: modernism is di cult.
