What is modern art | What is “modernism?

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What is modern art?

In modern art, the term “modern” does not necessarily mean contemporary. Rather, modern art is associated with the philosophical movement of modernism.

What is “modernism”?

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In the western world, this movement arose during the Industrial Revolution (late 19th and early 20th century). Given the rapid growth of cities, a new socioeconomic and political climate was emerging. In this landscape, modernism considered the traditional forms of the following to have become “outdated”: art, architecture, literature, religious faith, philosophy, and social organization.

Modernism rejected the certainty of Enlightenment thinking, and many modernists rejected religious belief. One important characteristic of this movement is “self-consciousness” and the rejection of the ideology of “realism”. In much modernism-inspired art and literature, the themes of reprise, incorporation, rewriting, parody, revision, and recapitulation are common.

What is “modern art” (1860s-1970s)?

in the 19th century, artists were most often not allowed to make artwork for poor people they can only make paintings for wealthy patrons, or the church & Much of this art has religious or mythological scenes that told stories and were intended to instruct the viewer. During the 19th century, many artists started to make art about people, places, or ideas that interested them, and of which they had direct experience. With the publication of psychologist Sigmund Freud’s The Interpretation of Dreams (1899) and the popularization of the idea of a subconscious mind, many artists began exploring dreams, symbolism, and personal Thoughts for the depiction of their subjective experiences.

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Artists were trying to Challenge the notion that art must depict the reality. Many of the artists experimented in an expressive method & they used color & non-traditional material in the same way, and new techniques and mediums. Photography was One of them, It was invented in the 1830s it introduced a new method for depicting and reinterpreting the world. The Museum of Modern Art collects artwork made after 1880 when the atmosphere was ripe for avant-garde artists to take their work in new, unexpected, and “modern” directions.

Some artists associated with the “modern art” movement:

Paul Cézanne, Robert Delaunay, Vincent van Gogh, Hector Guimard, Henri Matisse, Edvard Munch, Pablo Picasso, Georges-Pierre Seurat, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Visually, the works of these artists are very different. In order to see the connections, you have to consider the modernist philosophies underpinning each piece of art.

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There are various sub-movements associated with the “modern art” umbrella, including cubism, Dadaism, Fauvism, Der Blaue Reiter, expressionism, surrealism, and pop art. The Wikipedia guide (Modern art: art movements & artist groups) is a good place to find the names of some movements if you’re interested in further research (although I’d suggest a more reliable source for doing additional reading).

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