Modernism is a general term applied retrospectively to the wide range of experimental and avant-garde trends in the early 20th century. Abstract Expressionism@ (6) Art Deco@ (8) Art Nouveau@ (23) Bauhaus@ (9) Constructivism@ (5) Cubism@ (1) Dada@ (14) De Stijl@ (5) Earthworks@ (2) Expressionism@ (1) Fauvism@ (2) Fluxus@ (13) Futurism@ (3) Impressionism@ (29) Pointillism@ (3) Pop Art@ (5) Post-Impressionism@ (1) Surrealism@ (12) 1. Armory Show 1913 - Linda Larson's thesis on the Armory Show of 1913 which introduced Americans to a new "modern art" challenging and changing the idea of what makes art "art." Site includes biographies on many of the artists. 2. Modernism - An illustrated study in five chapters by Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe. 3. Modernism: Special Report - A collection of articles, reviews and letters from the archives of Guardian Unlimited. 4. Modernist Painting - Clement Greenberg's first essay on this subject focusing mainly on pictorial art. First published 1960. 5. NodeWorks Encyclopedia: Modernism - Article covering the history, goals and critical controversy of this movement. 6. Seeing Moore: The case of two critics, Herbert Read and Peter Fuller - Essay by David Cohen comparing the views of the two British critics. Published in 1991 in the annual publication of the International Association of Art Critics.

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