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Modern Humanities: CHAPTER 1: BIRTH OF MODERNISM AND THE MODERN WORLD (1900-1920’s)

Modern Humanities
CHAPTER 1: BIRTH OF MODERNISM AND THE MODERN WORLD (1900-1920’s)

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  1. CHAPTER 1: BIRTH OF MODERNISM AND THE MODERN WORLD (1900-1920’s)
    1. 1.1 Modernism
    2. 1.2 War & Revolution
    3. 1.3 The Freudian Revolution
    4. 1.4 Modern Art
    5. 1.5 Modernist Poetry
    6. 1.6 The Birth of Film
    7. 1.7 Modern Architecture
    8. 1.8 Music & Dance
  2. CHAPTER 2: THE ROARING TWENTIES & THE GREAT FALL (1920’s-1945)
    1. 2.1 The Jazz Age
    2. 2.2 The Great Migration
    3. 2.3 The Harlem Renaissance
    4. 2.4 Modern Art
    5. 2.5 The Lost Generation
    6. 2.6 The Great Depression
    7. 2.7 The Mexican Muralist Movement
    8. 2.8 World War II
  3. CHAPTER 3: THE SEARCH FOR MEANING & BEGINNING OF GLOBALISM (1945-1950’s)
    1. 3.1 The Cold War
    2. 3.2 Existentialism
    3. 3.3 Origins of Theater & Theater of the Absurd
    4. 3.4 Abstract Expressionism
  4. CHAPTER 4: LIBERATION AND EQUALITY (1960-ONWARD)
    1. 4.1 Quest for Equality
    2. 4.2 The Civil Rights Movement
    3. 4.3 The Women’s Rights Movement
    4. 4.4 LGBTQIA+ History
    5. 4.5 The Vietnam War
    6. 4.6 Hippies and Counter Culture
    7. 4.7 Birth of Rock n’ Roll, Pop Culture & Mass Media
    8. 4.8 New Modern Art Movements
    9. 4.9 Metamodernism
    10. 4.10 Punk Rock Revolution

CHAPTER 1: BIRTH OF MODERNISM AND THE MODERN WORLD (1900-1920’S)

The Street Pavers shows a scene of backbreaking work celebrating the modern laborer. Through his inventive use of color and staccato brushstrokes, Boccioni conveys both the powerful movements of the pickax-wielding workers and their anonymity, as the faceless figures are almost indistinguishable from the background.

Umberto Boccioni, The Street Pavers, 1914. Oil on Canvas. CC0.

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