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Modernism — • Etymologically, modernism means an exaggerated love of what is modern, an infatuation for modern ideas Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Modernism Modernism … Catholic encyclopedia
Modernism — is the generally accepted term to describe the sweeping changes that took place, particularly in the arts and literature, between the late nineteenth century and the beginning of the Second World War. There is, however, no clear demarcation by… … Dictionary of sociology
modernism — Modernism, or the modern movement, in architecture is usually defined as a mode deriving from the work of the early Le Corbusier and of Walter Gropius and his colleagues at the Bauhaus in 1930s Germany, culminating in the work of Mies Van der… … Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture
modernism — MODERNÍSM, modernisme, s.n. 1. Însuşirea de a fi modern, caracterul a ceea ce este modern; atitudine modernă; preferinţă (exagerată) faţă de tot ceea ce este nou, modern. 2. Curent sau tendinţă din arta şi literatura sec. XX, care neagă tradiţia… … Dicționar Român
Modernism — Mod ern*ism, n. 1. Modern practice; a thing of recent date; esp., a modern usage or mode of expression. [1913 Webster] 2. Certain methods and tendencies which, in Biblical questions, apologetics, and the theory of dogma, in the endeavor to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
MODERNISM — Modernism (modanizumu) manifested itself first in Europe, with notable modernist writers, such as James Joyce and T. S. Eliot. Its influence was quickly felt in Japan by such writers as Yokomitsu Riichi, Kawabata Yasunari, Hori Tatsuo, Ito Sei … Japanese literature and theater
modernism — (n.) 1737, deviation from the ancient and classical manner [Johnson, who calls it a word invented by Swift ], from MODERN (Cf. modern) + ISM (Cf. ism). From 1830 as modern ways and styles. Used in theology since 1901. As a movement in the arts… … Etymology dictionary
modernism — ► NOUN 1) modern ideas, methods, or styles. 2) a movement in the arts or religion that aims to break with traditional forms or ideas. DERIVATIVES modernist noun & adjective modernistic adjective … English terms dictionary
modernism — [mäd′ərn iz΄əm] n. 1. a) modern practices, trends, ideas, etc., or sympathy with any of these b) an instance of this; a modern idiom, practice, or usage 2. [often M ] any of several movements variously attempting to redefine Biblical and… … English World dictionary
Modernism — For other uses of the word, see Modernism (disambiguation). For the period in sociology beginning with the industrialization, see Modernity. Hans Hofmann, The Gate , 1959–1960, collection: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Hofmann was renowned not… … Wikipedia
Modernism — One of the forms assumed by fin de siècle art is Modernism, which can be regarded as the Catalan variant of the radical innovating currents which appeared all over Europe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century: art nouveau, art… … Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture
