Modernism

3) Modern Art –

Modern Art is defined by a consciousness of autonomy and a rejection of historical reference or deference. Many historians agree that Modern Art gave birth in 1863 with Manet’s Olympia. As the movement grew into the 1900’s it became common practice to embrace new materials and veer from traditional skill sets. Abstraction, the purely aesthetic, ‘art for arts sake’, a tendency to deny concept, and strive to democratize art dominated the Modern Art Era. Modern Art’s introduction can be partially accredited to World War II and the asylum for intellectual’s that was a necessity. However, with Jackson Pollock’s 1956 Time Magazine article, Modern Art became a visibly prominent art movement to the public eye. Pollock’s use of painting with his entire body,‘drip technique’ and Duchamp’s employment of the ready-made, paved the way for democratic art and the flux from Modern to Post-Modern which was completed by the 1970’s.

Jackson Pollock, Number One, 1948

Marcel Duchamp, The Bride Stripped Bare by her Bachelors, Even

(1915-1923)

Eva Hesse, Hang Up, 1966

William de Kooning, Woman V, 1952-1953

Le Corbusier Chapel, Ronchamp, France

Modern Art Critics:

Clement Greenberg

Harold Rosenburg

John Ruskin

Clive Bell

Roger Fry

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Modern Artists:

Pollock

Manet

Hesse

Le Corubsier

Venturi

Picasso

Guimard

De Kooning

Duchamp

Dali

Kandinsky

Mansart

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