Below is a glossary article post in the category M which discusses the explanation of the meaning, definition and meaning of the acronym, term, jargon, or termonology of Modernism based on summaries from various types of sources (references) that are relevant, related, and trustworthy.
Understanding Modernism
So, what is actually meant by Modernism?
Modernism refers to the global movement in society and culture which from the beginning of the decade of the twentieth century seeking new harmony with the experience and values of modern industrial life. Building at the end of the last 19th century precedent, artists around the world use new images, materials, and techniques to create works of art that they feel better reflect the reality and expectations of modern society.
Explanation of Modernism
Modernism, in fine arts, rest with the past and searching together for a new form of expression. Modernism fostered an experimental period in art from the end of 19 to the middle of the 20th century, especially in the years after World War I.
In an era marked by industrialization, almost global adoption of capitalism, rapid social change, and progress in social science and science (eg, Freudian theory), modernists feel that the growing alienation is not in accordance with morality, optimism, and Victoria convention. New ideas in psychology, philosophy, and political theory turn on the search for new expression fashion.
Modernism in literature
Modernist impulses are encouraged in various literatures by industrialization and urbanization and by seeking authentic responses to the world that changes a lot. Although the works are prewaring by Henry James, Joseph Conrad, and other writers are considered modernists, modernism as a literary movement is usually associated with the period after World War I.
The great war has damaged the beliefs of humanity on the basis of Western society and culture, and the post -port modernist literature reflects a sense of disappointment and fragmentation. Main Theme T.S. Long poetry Eliot The Waste Land (1922), a seminal modernist work, is a search for redemption and renewal in a sterile and spiritual empty landscape. With separate pictures -unclear separation and figures of speech, the poem is typical of modernism in requiring readers to take an active role in interpreting text.
Eliot is not a dominant voice among modernist poets. In the United States Robert Frost and Carl Sandburg described these areas – each of the British and new Midwest – where they live. Harlem Renaissance produces many rich poets, including Countee Cullen, Lanton Hughes, Claude Mckay, and Alice Dunbar Nelson. Harriet Monroe founded a poetry magazine in Chicago in 1912 and made it the most important organ for poetry not only in the United States but for the English -speaking world. During the 1920s Edna St. Vincent Millay, Marianne Moore, and E.E. Cummings expressed the spirit of revolution and experimentation in their poetry.
Moreover, as we have seen above, this term is one of a collection of dictionaries, acronyms, terms, jargon, or terminology in the field of arts that begins with an alphabet or prefix M, as well as terms associated with M.
Meaning of Modernism in the English, Indonesian (Including Javanese and Sundanese), and Malaysian Translation Dictionary
Apart from discussing the meaning and discussion of the definition, to deepen it further, here we also need to know what the word means in the English, Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese) translation dictionaries, as well as Malaysia (Malay).
For easy understanding, in this glossary post, we will explain it in the form of a list of translations of terms from various types of languages as follows:
- English; Terminology = Modernism.
- Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese translations); Terminology = Modernisme (Indonesian), Modernisme (Java), and Modal in Sundanese.
- Malaysian; Terminology = Modernisme.
Closing
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Footnotes
This glossary post was created by referring to the conclusions of the meaning of definitions from various authoritative relevant references such as Wikipedia, Britannica and several other sources such as MoMA, Tate, ModernArts, and so on. This word is one of a collection of terminology in the field of Art which begins with the alphabet or prefix M. This article wasupdated in Dec of 2025.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity
- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=modernism
- https://www.britannica.com/search?query=modernism
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