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| | | [[Definition of Modernism]] |
| Modernism is the term for a number of cultural revolutions in the Western society through art, literature, music during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Through knowledge and self awareness, the term defines how humans molded the world they lived in from the practices and nuances in which they lived by.
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| The book ''Modernism’s History'' is a analyzation of twentieth-century perceptions of art and it’s focuses. One of the aims of the book is to explain the history of modern art over time since the beginning of the Modernization Era. The reader is able to learn more about Descartes, also known as the ‘father of modern philosophy.’ The book also focuses greatly on who the modernists were and their influence on fifteenth century art and it’s fascists.
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| Smith, Bernard. Modernism's History. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1998.
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| ''Impressions of French Modernity'' by Richard Hobbs focuses just as much on art as in ''Modernism’s History'', but also on literature in France beginning around 1850 up until the 1900’s. The beginning of the book describes how a painter sees and understands the adjustment of modernity on his own, in the case of Delacroix. Later on in the book, the reader can find thorough analysis of paintings and sculptures influenced by the contemporary and futuristic time. The book focuses on the era of Impressionism, originating from France. Paintings and other work done in this realm of art focused on light itself, compared to just focusing on objects themselves. Symbolism, the other art form from France, was influenced by the view that language is defined by it’s national identity.
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| Hobbs, Richard. Impressions of French Modernity. Manchester: St. Martin's Press, 1998.
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Revision as of 20:07, 24 September 2008
