Modernism.

We had a lecture on modernism and its influences on our present day society and what it is. Modernism is not (as is commonly misconstrued) a style, it is a subjective experience. Artists were painting in a different way. The paintings were about the paint and the canvas itself, the brush strokes and how in areas the paint was thicker than others. This was a huge contrast to paintings which were of the subject not about the paint.
    Modernism revolutionised the modern time as it started to affect technology and architecture, which in turn then affected the modernist ideals as well. The new technology which allowed people a new perception of their own reality. Tall buildings allowed people to view cities and landscapes from a totally new perspective, and like i said this affected the paintings done at the time.

Modernism was responding to changes in the world and the idea that 'new' was better gave a big anti-historic feel to it. Everything had to be new and this lead to a lot of construction in places like Paris and London.

Much like the paintings being about the paint and being more subjective this also arose in interior design and objects of desire like nice chairs started to follow suit. Chairs made of tubular steel were not made to look like they were not. Previously chairs were painted to add decoration and make the wood/metal look more appealing, now, people were saying that the material itself was beautiful and should be untreated.

Form now followed function and this meant that because it worked well that also made it look good.

This is the Breuer tubular steel chair. It was designed by Marcel Breuer and epitomises everything modernism stands for.

This painting by Joseph Van Sickle is another example of modernistic styles. Purely subjective as someone could perceive this as one thing and another person perceive it as something else. I for example see various different oddly shaped people standing on a background, which matches the colours of their bodies