1. By:
Josseline Ake &
Brian Macias

2. Definitions of Modernism:
 Is the modern thought, character, or practice.
 Is a strong reaction against religious, political,
and social views.

3. When it started?
 Started in the 19th century
 In the 1900 to 1940, it was the dominant
artistic movement.
What influenced it?
 War, was the biggest influence on Modernism
 Such as:
 World War 1
 World War 2

4.  It started as a revolt against the values of
realism.
 By artist, such as Gertrude Stein
 By scholars
 Innovations in anthropology, philosophy,
political theory, etc.

5.  Modernism affected society by giving us a
better illusion of a better life.
 Changed the way people think about artists
and creative pursuits.
 Changed the way on how people perceive
truth and reality.

6.  “The Jazz Age”(1918-1929), was a very
productive period.
 Disillusionment in the 1920s.
 Modern Poetry in the 1890 and 1950.
 Modern art in the 1860s-1970s.

7.  Ernest Hemingway
 F. Scott Fitzgerald
 James Joyce
 Gertrude Stein
 Virginia Woolf

8.  F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Great Gatsby”.
 John Steinbeck, “The Grapes Of Wrath”.
 James Joyce, “Ulyssess and “A Portrait Of
The Artist As A Man”.