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Modernism in the Arts

Delve into the characteristics of modernism in visual arts, music, and literature, from Manet's The Fifer to Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. Discover the revolution of new subject matters, tonality breaks, impressionism, stream of consciousness, and fragmented characters. Explore the unique styles and techniques that define this era.

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Modernism in the Arts

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  1. Modernism in the Arts Visual Art, Music, and Literature

  2. Characteristics of Modern Visual Art • No illusion of reality • Manet’s The Fifer • In contrast, remember David’s Oath of the Horatii

  3. Characteristics of Modern Visual Art (cont.) • Many more “isms”—different schools • Cubism Expressionism Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d'Avignon Van Gogh’s The Starry Night

  4. Characteristics of Modern Visual Art (cont.) • New subject matter—often very personal, sometimes objectionable • Chaim Soutine, Flayed Ox

  5. Characteristics of Modern Music • Reaction against overblown emotionality of late Romantic music • Break from traditional sense of tonality (“home base”) • Example: Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun • Impressionism

  6. Characteristics of Modern Music (cont.) • Stretching the traditional sounds of music (tone color) • Primitivism • Stravinsky The Rite of Spring (ballet) • John Cage • Sonata II for prepared piano • 4’33”

  7. Characteristics of Modern Literature • Radically disrupt linear flow of the narrative • Stream of consciousness • Woolf: “Examine an ordinary mind on an ordinary day.” • Faulkner: The Sound and the Fury

  8. Characteristics of Modern Literature (cont.) • Fragmented characters • “Heroes” as alienated outsiders • Special concern with language/narrative technique

  9. Characteristics of Modern Literature (cont.) • Difficult or academic texts • The Waste Land (need I say more?!) • Shocking images/ surrealism • Often open endings—little resolution

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