Modernism

Kyla Garrido
Denisse Macabuag
Jorimar Palanca
Sydney Tan
Description
Modernism embraces a wide range of
techniques, styles, and media. The basic
defining elements of the movement,
however, remain steadfast in the art that
developed from it: a rejection of history
and established concepts such as
realism, innovation, and experimentation
(as shown in abstract shapes, colors, and
lines), and an emphasis on new materials
and processes. The following are several
modernism movements:

“Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La

Grande Jatte” by Georges Seurat
 History
From the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries, modernism fostered artistic innovation,
notably in the years following World War I. It represented a break with established creative forms
and traditions, embracing new ways of thinking and making art. Beginning in the late 1900s, artists
experimented with new materials and processes to create works that better represented modern
cultures and daily life.

1860-1880 1904 - 1908 1907 - 1920

POST - IMPRESSIONISM
Focus on more symbolic
meaning, formal order,
and structure.
Cubism Surrealism
depict the entire structure of objects in defies rationality and is
their paintings without employing fueled by dreams and the
techniques like perspective or graded innermost thoughts of the
shading to make them appear realistic. psyche.

Fauvism Futurism
IMPRESSIONISM
Powerful emotive depicted metropolitan settings
Bright and fantastic
reaction to the with new technologies such as
colors displayed with
subjects depicted railways, automobiles, and
short brushstrokes
airplanes.
1880 - 1900 1907 - 1920 1907 - 1920
Factors
Factors such as industrialization, technological
advances, cultural shifts, and the trauma of
World War I drove the emergence of the
Modernist art movement in the late 19th and
early 20th centuries; this period marked a
radical departure from traditional art.
Intellectual movements--along with avant-
garde experimentation--influenced Modernist
artists: they emphasized individualism and
subjectivity while challenging established
norms. Their commentary on political and
social changes contributed to both cultural
exchange as well as new institution
establishment during this time—thus
diversifying more profoundly than ever before
how Modernism permeated throughout our
world's artistic sphere.

“The Artist's Garden at Giverny” by

Claude Monet
Socio-political
The modernism began during the era
after world war 1. Because of this event,
the art was greatly affected. Firstly, the
artist used their art to make comments
and take their stand about certain issues.
Some artists use their art to depict and
highlight social and political issues.
Secondly, because of these occurrences,
artists are rejecting the norms. They are
expressing themselves outside the
established traditions. In addition to that,
there were also movements in the
cultural aspects. An example for this are
the arts that show feminism. Lastly is
that the art gained more diversity and
greater inclusions.

“The Double Secret” by René Magritte

Influential persons
Vincent van Gogh Claude Monet Henri Matisse
Influential persons
Salvador Dali Umberto Boccioni Pablo Picasso
Prevalent art Works
IMPRESSIONISM POST - IMPRESSIONISM FAUVISM

Impression, Sunrise The Starry Night The Joy of Life

1872 1889 1905-1906
Claude Monet Vincent van Gogh Henri Matisse
Prevalent art Works
CUBISM FUTURISM SURREALISM

Guernica The Street Enters the House The Temptation of St. Anthony
1937 1912 1946
Pablo Picasso Umberto Boccioni Salvador Dali
REFERENCES
https://www.invaluable.com/blog/what-is-modernism/

https://www.britannica.com/art/Modernism-art

https://www.oxfordartonline.com/page/1623#:~:text=The%20Post%2DImpressionists%20rejected%20Impressionism
's,the%20artificiality%20of%20the%20picture.

https://www.theartstory.org/definition/modern-art/

https://medium.com/@tinaphm7/history-of-modernism-and-influences-
2c399eb31b94#:~:text=Among%20the%20factors%20that%20shaped,and%20geometric%20forms%20of%20style.