modernism
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Emerging in the late ’60s and hitting its stride by the ’80s, postmodernism is defined as a reaction against that less-is-more, strict-type of modernism that came from Europe.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
From the point that his “Nude Descending a Staircase” scandalized the American art world in 1913, Duchamp’s influence on modernism was undeniable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Paintings by Natalia Goncharova, Liubov Popova, Kazimir Malevich, Egon Schiele and others provide a look at different, usually more radical, deviations into modernism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026
An artist who was often described to have a nomadic and bohemian disposition, he dabbled seamlessly with Cubist-inspired modernism and traditional Indian themes, creating bold and vibrant canvases with scenes from history and mythology.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025
The Rite of Spring was the zenith of musical modernism in the early twentieth century.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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