The Modernism Movement During World War I

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

Postmodernism in design is often distinguished by its difference in ideas and concepts to modernism. Graphic design was lead by modernism throughout the 20th century, however postmodernism was not recognized until the 1980s. Once it became known – as complicated as it was – designers saw it as an opportunity to break away from the modern movement to create a new method of visual communication with their work. Although the ‘rules’ of design were broken in postmodern practice (Poyner 2013 p.13), it simply cannot be understood without reference to modernism. While the product of postmodern design may sometimes be comparable to those of modernist works, their inspiration and purposes are different. Modernism in design is often characterized by originality, orderly layouts, dehumanized content and a focus on functionality; however these characteristics are generally rejected by postmodernism with the use of appropriation, deconstructed layouts, emphasis on personal experience and an open-ended interpretation. These features can be seen in highly influential graphic designers such as Neville Brody. Many of Brody’s advertisements, magazines and album cover designs are fragmented with the drastic use of scale, shape and colour. At the time of modernism, this was a very unusual way to approach design. I believe that both modernist and postmodern movements have heavily influenced contemporary graphic design, as practitioners today will often adjust their style to meet the needs of the

The modernist aesthetic is still an aesthetic of the sublime, while the postmodernist aesthetic is strongly colored with contemporary commercialization and is definitely orientated toward popular culture and literature so as to represent ‘the unpresentable’ things; modernism has a strong elite sense, while postmodernism tries to bridge the gap between high culture and popular culture

In the early 20th century, the world was facing the destruction by World War 1. A modernist movement was beginning by Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, to name the best known among them. By bringing in new material such as

Modernism changed the way artist expressed themselves in their art work. Many of this artist were seen as rebels, anarchist, and radicals. The world they lived in really changed their ideas and how they saw the world. Before modernism most artist were writing romantic stories. This stories always had a happy ending or the main character would always have some heroic act. Modernism introduced the ideas of focusing on real issues that were going on in the world. To have the reader actually find a meaning on the story, and not to treat the reader as incompetent. Using symbols in stories were very important; interpretation could be made of this symbols. Many of this writers had gone through two world wars, the great depression, communism, and technology

Modernism describes the ideology of the art and design that were produced during the modernist period. There has been a lot of controversy about when modernism started, yet many believe it initiated sometime in the late 19th century and continued to the early 20th century. The modernist movement was meant to be a break from traditions and it was set up to separate the value of certain works from the conservative realism. For instance, Unlike the traditional art that was aesthetic, this movement was more about space and form. In modernist design, shape and organization of products and buildings were based on their functional requirements. As a result, designs became simpler without the traditional decorative concepts. The idea behind the

Modernism was definitely affected by germany's world war 1 and particular austria too. During that period, world war 1 bought an end towards the traditional values and society that existed in the Prussian Empire. The years between World War I and World War II allowed modernism to expand dramatically. Propaganda and war posters are perfect examples of modernism. Not only did modern artists provide social awareness; they also actively supported political revolutions, such as the Russian Revolution. The Russian revolution provided and excellent opportunity for modern artists to experiment with new expression methods. The posters and propaganda of this revolution in particular were very abstract and futuristic, almost industrial; all of which fitted

Modernism is a concept that attempted to purify art by removing all cultures and customs in art. It didn’t have to follow conventions, and artworks had to deny history and traditions in order to be modern. Modernism brought a new variety of knowledge, truth, and reality as people began to tend towards science as a way explain the world around them. Many artist adopted the ideas of Modern art, and the book Janson’s History of Art discusses these artists. Personally, there are artists who I applaud for their innovative work, and there are some artists whose style confuses me.

In the article Art forever changed by World War I, the writer states that “in visual art, Surrealism and Expressionist devised wobbly, chopped-up perspective and nightmarish visions of fractured human bodies” (Johnson). John Singer Sargent Gassed painting was and still is a great explain about what the writer of the article described visual arts to be. The painting was a reflection of the aftermath of the gas attack that occurred during the World War I. Looking back at the artwork the viewer could see what looks like many dead soldiers scattered all over the field, some stack on top of each other. While a group of wounded soldiers holding on to one another as they walk through fallen and more wounded soldiers. All over the soldier’s eyes were covered with white cloth possibly because of the gas harming their eyes or avoiding further damage. The dull colors used in this piece to me as a viewer expressed how the artists were feeling at the time sadness, pain and possibly depression. This piece was shown a lot of details and shows a lot of emotions as if he took a picture and painted it.

Ironically, Modernism evolved from looking to the past, at a time when mass production and consumption had taken over from style and taste. In the mid-19th Century, groups of designers rebelled against mass production and used the best of what the past could offer to bring a ‘new’ attitude towards taste and style.

According to Murphie & Potts, we can treat modernism as a cultural condition within that historical period. Modernism can then be discussed as first a general sensibility, reflected in the broadest cultural terms- a new way of seeing the world, perhaps, as experienced by people at that time” (40). I will say modernism is the style of art, architecture, which uses different way than what was used in the past.

In this essay I am going to talk about one theme of Modernist, looking at the different views of designers in two different books which are ‘Form Follows Function’ by Susan Lambert from 1993 and the second book is Modernism by Wilk Christopher.

Modernism in Art, Design and Architecture was written in 1999 by Christopher Crouch, an Australian writer and artist. The author’s literal intention is to demonstrate the hidden ideas behind images and objects of the twentieth century, more than it is about their visual details. Crouch introduces the

In this essay I am going to talk about one theme of Modernist, looking at the different views of designers in two different books which are ‘Form Follows Function’ by Susan Lambert from 1993 and the second book is Modernism by Wilk Christopher.

• Modernism in oxford dictionary is defined as “A style or movement in the arts that aims to depart significantly from classical and traditional forms.” While this explanation defines modernism in design and architecture very clearly, roots of modernism are deeper. The movement of modernism has affected arts and design forever. Modernism was a start for designers to move forward and start making necessary changes to their pieces. As discussed before during the module a design needs to be functional and futuristic this only started to become the center of the attention of artist as the modernism took place. Unnecessary details were removed and everything became more simplified and artists had a whole new aspect of design to work with and