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modernism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, modernity, modernness |
| Type of | currency, up-to-dateness, currentness |
| Derivation | modernistic |
modernism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | genre |
| Derivation | modernist, modernistic |
Examples of modernism
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He adds that his take on residential modernism is meant to be warm and inviting.
From the denverpost.com
Choreographer Merce Cunningham was a pioneer of 20th-century American modernism.
From the guardian.co.uk
Already out of production, the Anglia remained a startling tribute to modernism.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Actually Lisa, there's a PERFECT book for someone with an interest in modernism.
From the guardian.co.uk
In the gap between emotion and expression art blooms monstrously into modernism.
From the guardian.co.uk
And can you tell us in 25 words or less exactly what the heck post-modernism is?
From the smh.com.au
From this point ballet music split into two directions-modernism and jazz-dance.
From the en.wikipedia.org
What's in is a new modernism of sharp edges, tight corners, and straight lines.
From the businessweek.com
In art and architecture, modernism brought simplicity and and new artistic forms.
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- Genre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious break with previous genres
- Modernity: the quality of being current or of the present; "a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village"
- Practices typical of contemporary life or thought
- (modern) belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages; "modern art"; "modern furniture"; "modern history"; "totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric"
- (modern) a contemporary person
- (modern) a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes
- Modernism, in its broadest definition, is modern thought, character, or practice. More specifically, the term describes both a set of cultural tendencies and an array of associated cultural movements, originally arising from wide-scale and far-reaching changes to Western society in the late ...
- Modern architecture is characterized by simplification of form and creation of ornament from the structure and theme of the building. The first variants were conceived early in the 20th century. ...
- Modern art refers to artistic works produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the style and philosophy of the art produced during that era. ...
