Directory of Modernism Resources

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Modernism is a general term applied retrospectively to the wide range of experimental and avant-garde trends in the early 20th century.

Subcategories

• Abstract Expressionism
• Art Deco
• Art Nouveau
• Bauhaus
• Constructivism
• Cubism
• Dada
• De Stijl
• Earthworks
• Expressionism
• Fauvism
• Fluxus
• Futurism
• Impressionism
• Pointillism
• Pop Art
• Post-Impressionism
• Surrealism
• Symbolism

Resources in This Category

• Armory Show 1913

  http://www.members.tripod.com/linda_larson/
  Linda Larson's thesis on the Armory Show of 1913 which introduced Americans to a new "modern art" challenging and changing the idea of what makes art "art." Biographies on many of the artists.

• Modernism

  http://arthistoryresources.net/modernism/
  An illustrated study in five chapters by Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe.

• Modernism: Special Report

  http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/modernism
  A collection of articles, reviews and letters from the archives of Guardian Unlimited.

• Modernist Painting

  http://www.sharecom.ca/greenberg/modernism.html
  Clement Greenberg's first essay on this subject focusing mainly on pictorial art. First published 1960.

• Wikipedia: Modernism

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modernism
  Article covering the history, goals and critical controversy of this movement.

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