ART / Movements / Modernism

Current paper · Semantic Scholar

This article explores the role of women in the Symbolist and Decadent movements through a critical analysis of selected poems from Les Fleurs du mal by Charles Baudelaire. Traditionally perceived as muses or objects of desire, women in Baudelaire’s poetry also emerge as complex, powerful, and at times unsettling figures who transcend their passive literary roles. By engaging with Symbolist aesthetics and the Decaden…

Reference · Wikidata

movement of art, culture, philosophy and architecture

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

Modernism was an early 20th-century movement in literature, visual arts, performing arts, and music that emphasized experimentation, abstraction, and subjective experience. Philosophy, politics, architecture, and social issues were all aspects of this movement. Modernism centered around beliefs in a "growing alienation" from prevailing "morality, optimism, and convention" and a desire to change how "human beings in …

Book · DOAB

The book examines the reach of modernism in design and performance in Romania between the two world wars, focusing on remarkable Jewish avant-garde artists located in Bucharest. Based on extensive new research, it shows how Romania's capital was connected to Berlin, Riga and Chicago through modern design and experimental Yiddish theatre, highlighting the contribution of Jewish cultural production to avant-garde move…

Full text · Open Library

Image · DPLA

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