(P/B) MODERNISM

Παρουσίαση

This series provides the most authoritative and accessible introductions available to the key art movements of the past 150 years. Modernisation, modernity and modernism - three concepts around which thought about the modern world and its culture has tended to revolve. But what is modernism? The term is used generally to convey a faith in progress and a healthy scepticism for received ideas and traditional values. More specifically, the modernist tendency has often been associated with the most vital developments and highest achievements in the art of the past century and a half. However, those concerned to maintain traditional values in one form or another see 'modernist' art as merely one alternative among many, and perhaps even an empty or misguided one. This introduction looks at modernist works in order to consider what are the defining characteristics of modernism, and also explores the critical terms in which this art has been represented. (ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑΣΗ ΣΤΟ ΟΠΙΣΘΟΦΥΛΛΟ ΤΟΥ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΥ)