Exam 14: Modernism: the Assault on Tradition

Albert Einstein and other twentieth-century physicists argued that

The pioneering narrative films of George Méliès and Edwin S. Porter were early examples of which popular genres?

Picasso's landmark work Les Demoiselles d'Avignon was a precursor to the style that became known as

Purging the canvas of all recognizable subject matter was the aim of artists such as

Write an essay on Modernism that uses the words "innovation," "disjunction," and "nihilism" to discuss some of the landmarks of the early twentieth century. Be sure to select one representative work from each of the arts.

Leopold Bloom is the central figure in James Joyce's landmark work,

For much of his music, Aaron Copland found inspiration in

Picasso's landmark painting, Guernica, immortalized the

Which artistic movement thrived on nihilism and irrationalism?

Wright's extraordinary house, "Fallingwater," depended on the inventive use of

The use of cinematic shots in rapid succession is known as

The Holocaust resulted from Hitler's

According to Marcel Duchamp and other Dada figures, the artists should be the

Jung argued that the collective unconscious manifested itself in

A major component of the music known as "jazz" is

According to Freud, civilization was the product of the

Which of the following attitudes is LEAST characteristic of art in the first half of the twentieth century?

Jules Verne and H.G.Wells were pioneering figures in which literary genre?

Fauvist artworks are most notable for their bold use of

Vaslav Nijinksy is associated with