Modernism in the Arts Reactions

Modernism is one of my favorite art styles because it often refers to innovation, technology, industrialization and urbanization, some of my favorite topics. I like what is new and makes a change, not the rutinary. This is exactly what this style is about.

First of all, I read some of the poems and some of them talk about the changes in the cities, like "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d", written by Walt Whitman. It refers to the "sparkling" new vision of the country, and includes some of the new major inventions like ships. He refers to city growth and urbanization when he says that the cities "envelop man and land".

Some other poems talk about the change in the thoughts of society and government. For example, the poem "The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats talks about the reforms and anarchism (it even mentions it literally). It states that the people no longer heres the government nor the religion, "the centre can not hold".

Concerning to images, some of the most famous (or at least, the ones I know about) were created in this style, which is cool. Sunrise, The Slave Ship, The Starry Night, A Sunday on the Grand Jatte, The Scream, The Persistence of Memory, they all are paintings I like. Some of them talk about the urban life, a scene of "the common day", while other present abstraction and fragmentation.

The music is another aspect of this art style that I like. While some of the songs are calm, slow and have little emotion, some other songs include lots of drama and "epicness". They are the kind of background songs you find in the older movies from the 80's and 90's, which I really enjoy. Some of the songs combine both styles and start slow but get to a very dramatic moment.

To sum all up, the Modernism style of art is one of my favorite styles respecting to music and painting. I like anything innovating, dramatic or epic. This style combines all of those aspects!