Category: Modernism
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Bauhaus: The Beginning of Modernism
On any given day in todays society, a man can climb out of a neatly polished vehicle after having patiently made his way through the traffic moving box by box up the road. He looks up toward the sky but sees only exorbitantly massive rectangles blocking all but a small rectangle directly above of blue.…
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Modernism vs Romanticism
Romanticism can be defined as a type of reaction alongside age that involves logical decision-making and reasoning. Romanticism as an ideology is comprised of three main themes which include human emotions, the love of nature, as well as the belief in the supernatural. The concept of romanticism involves strong emotions, a festivity of the individual,…
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F. Scott Fitzgerald Modernism
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. This is the final quote from F. Scott Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby. The quote fits perfectly with the book as Gatsby tried to recreate his past by getting with his past lover Daisy. Nothing could stop this man from letting his…