Today’s objectives: Students will be able to begin thinking about the topics covered by the literary, artistic, and social movement of Modernism. EQ: WHAT TOPICS MADE MODERNISM WHAT IT IS?

Timeline

What is it? Think on it.

“Explosion in a shingle factory.” “A lot of disguised golf clubs and bags.” “An assortment of half-made leather saddles.” “A pack of brown cards in a nightmare.” “An academic painting of an artichoke.”

Nude Descending a Staircase Marcel Duchamp, Nude Descending a Staircase (No. 2), Oil on canvas, 57 7/8 x 35 1/8 inches (147 x 89.2 cm). © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris / Estate of Marcel Duchamp.

1913 Armory Show Controversial Art Exhibit: Boston, Chicago, New York City Referred to as “Rebellion in Art” Artistic representation of modernism.

Futurism

Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso, 1910, Woman with Mustard Pot (La Femme au pot de moutarde), oil on canvas, 73 x 60 cm (28 3/4 x 23 5/8 in), Gemeentemuseum, The Hague Cubism

Georges Braque, Violin: "Mozart/Kubelick," Oil on canvas x 24 inches (46 x 61 cm). Private collection. Cubism

L'Atelier RougeL'Atelier Rouge, Oil on canvas, 162 x 130 cm. In the collection of the MOMA.MOMA Fauvism

Why? Why do you think they were trying to be different? Why does anyone try to be different?

EUROPEANS WERE THE MOST PREDOMINANT ARTISTS IN THE ARMORY SHOW AND IT SHOCKED AMERICANS INTO A NEW AGE OF MODERNISM

Americans’ Avant-Garde Europeans’

They chose to make this new, strange, avant-garde art.

Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso, Portrait of the Artist’s Mother, 1896

1913 Armory Show Mainly European artists Very avant-garde Defined as on the cutting edge of art or art thought of as ahead of its time. A complimentary word! Pushed Americans into the age of Modernism! Affected American art, literature, and drama.

What is Modernism? (This is a big question.) Modernism is a move away from: Romanticism Realism Traditional ways The expected form of literature or art Modernism tries to: Reflects a lack of order in growing urban society urbanization Passion>Realism Questions traditional moralities Rejects “acceptance”

Modernism questions traditions: What is good art? What is good literature?

Romanticism What’s one word to describe Romanticism?

Realism What’s one word to describe Realism?

Modernism Very hard to define.

Different. From the past and from everyone in the present.

Quote Activity You will all receive a quote. Read it. Think about it. One person in your group is the journalist. Answer these questions and write down your response. 1. How does the author feel about Modernism? 2. What does it tell you about Modernism? 3. How does it help us define Modernism?

Exit Slip ½ sheet or scrap paper Think critically. Why would authors want to be Modernists? Why are they trying to move away from traditions and be different?