Modernism emerged in the late 19th century and extended into the mid-20th century. It followed several artistic movements including Baroque, Rococo, Romanticism, and Realism. Modernism was characterized by an emphasis on individual expression, new technologies, and the application of rational thought to design. Some key aspects of Modernism included the Bauhaus school's emphasis on functional design inspired by mathematics and technology as well as artistic movements like Cubism that represented objects and people in abstract, fragmented ways. While Modernism led to mass production and economic growth, some argue it also enabled events like World Wars and the arms race that highlighted humanity's capacity for corruption and abuse of power.

1. Modernism RecapQuiz Name: __________________
The ism's before postmodernism were.......
 B___________ (time period: ___________) which was basically.......
 R___________ (time period: ___________) which was basically.......
 R___________ (time period: ___________) which was basically....
 M___________ (time period: ___________) which was basically.....
 Postmodernism (time period: late 1800's to mid 1900's) which was basically.......regurgitating the
past and lack of originality, lack of purpose or meaning)
Pre modern the ___________ controlled society.
Pre modern society was mostly AGRARIAN, meaning operating from daylight, crops, manual labour, family
ran households, etc......in modernism it changed to ______________ with the development of urban cities
and the birth of ___________ meant that we could build products quickly and cheaply to sell to the
masses. This formed a tiered society made up of the __________, middle/working and ___________ class.
This was the foundation and structure for c__________ (which is all about making high profits from low
costs). There was so much room for growth and innovation because people wanted to expand and develop
after the horror of ________. People were also less interested in _____________ and therefore people
were become more pronounced individuals and art reflected individual expression and freedom.
Technologies invented within modernism that changed society, especially the manipulation of time and
space:
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Because of expansion of the population (baby boomers) this meant there was a gap in the market and a
place design for ______________ and commercial buildings and products (interior and exterior
design). Schools like the B___________ were institutions that were helping shape the modern aesthetic
which was very ___________________________________. Design was inspired by technology,
mathematics, geometrical shapes and s______________logic . Products were no longer grandeur, detailed
or costly like the were in pre-modern times because need and function, production costs and efficiency
were now more significant.

2. The concept of representation was changing because of changes in technology, ideology and art/literature.
Artists like __________________ were started to create art that represented objects and people in
completely different ways than before. This art movement was called _____________ismand was created
because 1. Artists were seeing the world differently and 2.technology was a big threat to traditional art
such as cinema and photography – they needed to do something different to keep audiences engaged in
art.
Further, we looked at 2 theories:
F_____________ism
T_____________ism
_____________ism was all about assembly lines which created standardisation of products
because in factories there were specialised tools during the assembly line process so therefore
it was done exactly the same was every time. Assembly lines therefore eliminated skilled
labours which the new direct production methods.
_____________ism is all about implementing management systems. When management
applied to production processes, they therefore become more simple and efficient meaning
they will cost less. They make life easier foreveryone. Which can be applied to many things
today such as 'smart phones, tablets, on demand etc.
Some may argue modernism was a prosperous time but some could argue certain events
caused the collapse of moderism because they revealed to society the possibility of abuse and
corruption. Events such as:
__________________ in 1929 because in the 20's people were very frivolous with their money.
WW2 and the _________________ which was a tragedy which some could argue happened
from the growth and expansion of industrial products. WW2 was incredibly well organised and
well executed and supplied, however it shows the potential corruption and abuse of power of
people.
_____________and M.A.D which again is a total tragedy.
Self assess in green when complete.
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