Modernism In Modern Architecture

Though the start of the modernisation may trace back to the beginning of Industrial Revolution. “Modernism in the design world did not exist in a fully developed form, until well after First World War.” (Wilk, 2006) Causing the great loss of lives and other countless damage to the world, it reshaped many people’s way of thinking the world. With the inspiration of early avant-garde movement, the modernism began to emerge advocating an utopian future and shared certain core principles by various styles of modernists: rejecting the past and applied ornament; forms follow function, a preference for

Modernism is the heartbeat of culture, or as Clement Greenberg (1992:754) states, modernism involves of what “is truly alive in our culture” and it includes more than just art and literature. Western civilization began to interrogate their foundations and progressed into a self-critical society (Greenberg 1992:754). This notion began with the theories of the philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804); he criticized the means itself of criticism (Greenberg 1992:754). Therefore, Greenberg (1992:754) perceived Kant as the first real Modernist.

Modernism changed the scene of thought and brought advances in the world that has given reason to its distinctive status as a period of intellectual thought. Modernity and its shift in thought has given rise to what we would call modern and this reference point is crucial when evaluating the direction man is heading in intellectual thought and society as a

Modernism rose to prominence in the early years of the twentieth century with the “horrors of World War I” being the “catalyst” to the reformation in beliefs (Rahn, “Modernism”; Lorcher

As science was evolving, art and architecture were too forming new ideas and styles. Starting with Einstein, Newton, and Heisenberg- in regard to quantum physics and leaping into architectural advances, it is agreed that this was a revolutionary time for all who lived in this era. That being said, Cubism, Futurism, and Fauvism are important styles in modernistic art. Whether it is literature, poetry, song, or dance, these principles helped to shape the future and individual approach to create our own perspective. The abstract styles discussed, paved the way for Nonobjective art to make its mark on humanity and to make us feel and see uniquely. Not to mention, architecture and the International style that later developed, teaching us modern design. The international style gave us unique structures, distinctly showcasing new synthetic materials, floor plans, and roofs. As one can see, modernistic art provides just as an important part of our everyday life as

Going from long skirts and traditions the youth are beginning to radically change our culture creating controversy. This era is where many of our traditions that have never been questioned before are being put to the limits by our growing youth. We used to be a culture of women covering up, planned dates, horses and buggies and everyone attending church. The war is over and everything is changing, so the real question we must ask is, is it actually bad? First of all planned dating and seeming improper to mingle between the sexes is old and does not allow the youth to choose the right person that they want to spend the rest of their life with. Women throughout creation have always been forced to cover up and seem ‘ladylike’ but now the youth are showing that women have the freedom to act as they please. Finally, religion has always been something everyone believes but now with the new theory of evolution we should allow people to choose for themselves what they want. Therefore the youth are not merely destroying our

Throughout time, the changes in society have been represented in art, literature, and music. These works have been organized into movements to better see the development of society and how different events have affected it. One of the most prominent movements that displayed the drastic changes in society was Modernism. Modernism was a break from tradition and exemplified the unique changes in societal views. Beginning after multiple cultural shocks, especially World War I, this movement was characterized by the alienation of the individual and preoccupation with one’s inner-self.

The class visit to the Museum of Modern Art allowed myself to understand and visualize what the work of Modernism really pertains to. As I was entering the Modernism Art exhibit or the first time, I was excited yet uncertain of the paintings and works of art I would come across. After exploring around, reading the information panels, and asking questions, I attempted to learn and educate myself on the Modernist art movement. The purpose of the modernist period for artists was to provide new meaning, illuminate the world in a different way, and to show different relationships within the world. Modernism art isn’t necessarily a rejection of the past as much as trying to make meaning of the past that existed in the nineteenth century and sought

Modernism was a movement that was developed during the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century. Modernism developed due to the changes happening in societies at the time. Around the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century there was a rise in the industrial society’s where there were advancements in technologies and machines, and a rapid growths in cities. This lead to a change in cultural trends and philosophies, which is known as modernism. Modernism was well known for the rejection on traditional way, such as the arts and beliefs. It rejected the idea of realism and religious beliefs. During these years modernism could be distinguished by two aspects, High and Low Modernism.

Although, most post-modernist architects had been associated with modern architects in terms of training during the twentieth century, they refused most their teachers ideas. In addition, today's architects cannot deny the modern architecture ways of designing any building. Their design, for instance, has many philosophical meaning such as constructional, environmental, sociological, commercial and metaphorical meaning.

This paper outlines, argues and evaluates the key ideas used in debates about modernism and postmodernism. In order to understand and evaluate the key ideas the terms modernism and postmodernism had to be defined. I found much difficulty in finding a clear and concise definition of the two terms and so I researched and formed a train of thoughts into one definition. Modernism, beginning in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century within Europe and America, was a movement mainly pioneered by artists who focused on the separation of their craft from the status quo of the society during that period mainly by the use of experimentation with content, form and materials (Long & Wall, 2012). Many believe that the basic principles of modernism can be derived from the Idea of Progress, which emerged in the 18th century Age of Enlightenment with the idea that people themselves could develop and change their society. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modernization_theory, 2014). The post modernism term was much harder to explain and so in addition to outlining and evaluating the key ideas of postmodernism I have also highlighted the works and examples of the theorist Jean Baudrillard and the artist Marcel Duchamp, among others, to further explain the term post modernism. This paper is separated into five subtopics where I go in-depth into each category so as to give a fair analysis and evaluation on both modernism and post modernism.

The Modernist Period was first a reaction against the previous Victorian culture. Intellectuals and artists of the 20th century believed that the previous era’s way of doing things was a cultural dead end and they wanted to break away from traditions.

Frank Lloyd Wright is the great Modenism movement architect had a huge impact on the modern architecture. At the mid of the nineteenth century and in the early of the twentieth century, during this dynamic period and mainly due to the impacts of the Industrial Revolution in Europe. The machine age has a significant effects and turning point in the society, economy, and the technology developments. The mass production of new materials, electrical power, and a great many innovations and developments reached its peak during the period and were taking place in all areas of society. A Modern movement emerged during this dynamic period in art and design called a “Modernism” which has the most effect and turning point on the art and design today. Modernism emphasised function over the form by simplifying the design and dislike of ornament and utilise industry for machines, mass production and technological advances to improve the social problems by architectural and design. One of the most significant modernist’s Architect and designer is Frank Lloyd Wright in the USA alongside with

Modernism is an era, which is against the previous Victorian, Romantic, and Realistic eras in 19th and 20th century. In that time, in order to understand reality, experience is more important than rational science. Modernism is a new door to 20th century artists’ to look at the world from different perspectives, because after the World War One, people became disillusioned by the previous eras and also we can say that this era is an age of Anxiety and Dilemma. In that period of time, we can see strong relationship ties between artists and representation of reality. Modernism was a kind of escape from the previous eras and this situation hit the headlines among this time’s artists.

After its high period, Modernism seems to have retreated in the background but it makes a comeback in the 1960s. Barry suggests that there was a similarity in the situations in 1920s and in those of 1960s. Could it be on account of the “the post war” conditions?