Modernism

Art

100

what time period was modern art produced in? 

The 1870's-1970s

200

what other styles were included? list four 

1. futurism 

2. Dada 

3. Cubism 

4. expressionism 

300

what did men and women believe? 

that art was too traditional and ordinary 

400

what type of technique would painters not use? 

a. bold brush marks 

b. geometric shapes 

c. neon colors 

c. neon colors 

bright colors were used 

500

what was painted? 

scenes from everyday life 

Music

100

what was brought into music due to modernism? 

experimental instruments: electric guitar and bass 

200

what began popular during the 1910's? 

broadway 

300

list two notable artists

1. Igor Stravinsky

2.Olivier Messiaen 

3. Gustav Mahler 

400

what other types of music did modernism run with? 

Futurism, theatre, impressionism and jazz

500

why would modern music be considered abstract? 

modernism broke boundaries in the music industry by creating pieces that expressed no constant rhyme or tone. 

literature

100

what four concepts were broken off from literature because of Modernism? 

tradition, religion, social and political views

200

list four characteristics of literature? 

• There is no such thing as absolute truth

• All things are relative 

• Life in unordered 

• Believed that the world is made in the act of perceiving (it is what you see it as)

300

list four notable authors 

James Joyce 

Ezra Pound

T.S. Eliot

Ernest Hemingway

400

list three of Hemmings works

‘A Farewell To Arms’, ‘The Sun Also Rises’, ‘For Whom The Bell Tolls’

500

what is a Hemmings Hero? 

 a man of action who lives by a code of honor, in a world that is chaotic, stressful, and painful. 

architecture of Western Culture

100

what materials were used to build modern architecture? 

steel, iron, and concrete

200

this style was for kind of buildings? 

institutional and carpal buildings 

300

in what era is modernism found in? 

enlightenment? 

400

what three periods is modernism separated into? 

early, modern and late 

500

which style was not used by architects? 

a. flat roofs 

b. complex geometric shapes 

c. open space 

b. 

simple geometric shapes were used not complex 

Miscellaneous

100

what is modernism?

A style or movement in the arts (music, literature, architecture) that aims to breaks with cultural and traditional ways

200

what caused modernism?

ww1

300

what was the goal? 

Find out what was holding back the progress and replace it with new progress and better ways of reaching the same goal

400

fill in the blank

A movement to modify _______ in the Roman Catholic Church in the ______________

1.traditional beliefs

2.late 19th and early 20th century

500

Cause and effect: 

because of ________ it led to_______

cause: labor shortages 

effect: people moving to new cities