Moderninsm - post 3

Modernism is a philosophical and radical movement that arose in western culture in the late 1800s to the early 1900s. The swift growth of major cities and industrialization helped shape the movement including the bloody first world war. Modernism stepped away from the old traditions of religious beliefs and traditional norms of the time, and took a look at the current trend of social and political environment. There was a need to reflect the current essence of ingenuity and experiment with new forms of art. The change was also due to society being too absorbed with self-image and too fearful to adapt.

Women artists were fundamental in the development of modernism and a major influence of the movement. One of the most important pioneers of early expressionism was a German Painter by the name of Paula Modersohn-Becker, who was considered the first female to paint nudes in her work. Through her work, she introduced the world to modernism in the early 20^th century

  

Germany expressionism began before the first world war and reach its height during the 1920s. After world war I the German government had banded foreign films into the country, due to popular demand gave rise to domestic films. Expressionism brought about new and bold ideas that experimented with geometrical angles, designs, painted on walls and floors to represent lights, shadow, and objects.

 
Dada is a European art movement that started in the early 20^th century. It was mainly a response to world war 1 that had taken place. The movement much like modernism rejected reason and logic as an art form. And embraced illogical irrational

forms of art. Dada was extremely anti-war and embraced the growth of different art forms such as collage and abstracts methods of art. One of the most prominent artist at the time was Emmy Hennings a very important artist that celebrated Dadaism her works include the ether poems. And Hannah Hoch who co-founded the photo montage which is a form of collage. Her work also introduced the idea of the ‘new woman” who is equal to man. One of her most famous work was ‘Cut with the Kitchen Knife through the Beer-Belly of the Weimar Republic’ made in 1919.  That expressed her views on social and political issues in Germany post world war I.