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The document discusses several aspects of early 20th century modernism including developments in physics, music, art, and literature. Key developments mentioned include Heisenberg's uncertainty principle in physics, atonal and polytonal works rejecting musical tradition, avant-garde artists rejecting representation and academia in favor of abstraction, experimentation and primitivism, and Ezra Pound advocating for constantly renewing modernism. Major artists discussed include Picasso, Braque, Matisse, Boccioni, Brancusi, and Mondrian.

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The Modernist Assault Chapter 32 Hum103 Instructor Beth Camp
The New Physics Absolute and rational model of the universe Heisenberg’s Principle of uncertainty Einstein theory of relativity
The New Physics Quantum physics, Atomic physics Cause and effect not reliable Indifferent universe, beyond control and unpredictable
The New Physics Atomic Bomb Tested in 1945 We could destroy the world The average person no longer understood or was reassured by Science
Early 20 th Century Music Modern composers rejected tradition Polytonal and atonal works Unorthodox sources of sound Schoenberg’s serial technique = all 12 notes equal and must be used before any one note is repeated Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring
Early 20 th Century Art Avant garde artists rejected the academy and “representation” Fiero says these artists “evoked” rather than “described” experience (5) Primitivism Experimentation Abstraction
Picasso: Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, Paris, 1907
Braque: Collage Picasso: Guitar, 1912-1913
Picasso: Gertrude Stein Picasso: Celestina
Picasso: Marie Picasso: Dora
Picasso: Weeping Woman Picasso: Dora
Matisse and Fauvism Matisse: Red Room
Matisse: The Girl with Green Eyes, 1908
Futurism Victory of Samothrace Boccioni: Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, 1913
Brancusi and Abstraction: A Muse, 1911
Nonobjective Art: Mondrian Mondrian: Red Tree, 1911
Nonobjective Art: Mondrian Mondrian: Amaryllis, 1910
Mondrian: Composition A: Composition with Black, Red, Gray, Yellow, and Blue, 1920
Ezra Pound: Modernism Day by day make it new Cut underbrush Pile the logs Keep it growing.
Sources Mark Hardin Artchive Portland Art Museum

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Pp Chap32

  • 1. The Modernist Assault Chapter 32 Hum103 Instructor Beth Camp
  • 2. The New Physics Absolute and rational model of the universe Heisenberg’s Principle of uncertainty Einstein theory of relativity
  • 3. The New Physics Quantum physics, Atomic physics Cause and effect not reliable Indifferent universe, beyond control and unpredictable
  • 4. The New Physics Atomic Bomb Tested in 1945 We could destroy the world The average person no longer understood or was reassured by Science
  • 5. Early 20 th Century Music Modern composers rejected tradition Polytonal and atonal works Unorthodox sources of sound Schoenberg’s serial technique = all 12 notes equal and must be used before any one note is repeated Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring
  • 6. Early 20 th Century Art Avant garde artists rejected the academy and “representation” Fiero says these artists “evoked” rather than “described” experience (5) Primitivism Experimentation Abstraction
  • 7. Picasso: Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, Paris, 1907
  • 8. Braque: Collage Picasso: Guitar, 1912-1913
  • 9. Picasso: Gertrude Stein Picasso: Celestina
  • 10. Picasso: Marie Picasso: Dora
  • 11. Picasso: Weeping Woman Picasso: Dora
  • 12.
  • 13. Matisse and Fauvism Matisse: Red Room
  • 14. Matisse: The Girl with Green Eyes, 1908
  • 15. Futurism Victory of Samothrace Boccioni: Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, 1913
  • 16. Brancusi and Abstraction: A Muse, 1911
  • 17. Nonobjective Art: Mondrian Mondrian: Red Tree, 1911
  • 18. Nonobjective Art: Mondrian Mondrian: Amaryllis, 1910
  • 19. Mondrian: Composition A: Composition with Black, Red, Gray, Yellow, and Blue, 1920
  • 20. Ezra Pound: Modernism Day by day make it new Cut underbrush Pile the logs Keep it growing.
  • 21. Sources Mark Hardin Artchive Portland Art Museum

Editor's Notes

  • #8: Source: http://members.lycos.co.uk/cubist_movement/demoiselles.htm
  • #13: Portland Art Museum: Postcard
  • #15: MATISSE, Henri The Girl with Green Eyes 1908 Oil on canvas 26 x 20 in. (66 x 50.8 cm.) San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
  • #16: Artchive: Boccioni, 1913: Unique Form of Continuity in Space
  • #17: Portland Art Museum: Brancusi, A Muse
  • #18: Mondrian, Piet Avond (Evening); Red Tree 1908 Oil on canvas 70 x 99 cm (27 1/2 x 39 in) Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague Mondrian, Piet Amaryllis 1910 Watercolor on paper 39 x 49 cm (15 3/8 x 19 3/8 in) Private collection
  • #19: Mondrian, Piet Avond (Evening); Red Tree 1908 Oil on canvas 70 x 99 cm (27 1/2 x 39 in) Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague Mondrian, Piet Amaryllis 1910 Watercolor on paper 39 x 49 cm (15 3/8 x 19 3/8 in) Private collection
  • #20: Mondrian, Piet Composition A: Composition with Black, Red, Gray, Yellow, and Blue 1920 Oil on canvas 91.5 x 92 cm (36 x 36 1/4 in) Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome