THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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based on subjective reactions presented unsystematically.
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a 14th-century artistic movement that contended that traditional art was outdated and no longer meaningful in the new, industrialized, urban world.
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a 20th-century artistic movement that contended that traditional art was outdated and no longer meaningful in the new, industrialized, urban world.
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the process by which large numbers of people become permanently concentrated in relatively small areas, forming cities.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Modernism refers to a global movement in society and culture that from the early decades of the twentieth century sought a new alignment with the experience and values of modern industrial life.
Detailed explanation-2: -What is Modernism? In literature, visual art, architecture, dance, and music, Modernism was a break with the past and the concurrent search for new forms of expression. Modernism fostered a period of experimentation in the arts from the late 19th to the mid-20th century, particularly in the years following World War I.
Detailed explanation-3: -Modernism experimented with literary form and expression, as exemplified by Ezra Pound’s maxim to “Make it new.” This literary movement was driven by a conscious desire to overturn traditional modes of representation and express the new sensibilities of the time.
Detailed explanation-4: -Expressionism. Expressionism was a modernist movement, beginning with poetry and painting, that originated in Germany at the start of the 20th century. It emphasized subjective experience, manipulating perspective for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas.