So Im writing my final paper for my art history class.

What exactly is the concept of "modernity?" Is there a difference between Modernism and Modernity?

Much thanks

So... you want us to do your work for you?

Prepare to hand in a 40 page argument. :em321:

No, unless someone wants to volunteer to write my paper for me.

Im just looking for thoughts and ideas from those who might know a thing or two about art.

Hopefully this won't turn into an argument about graffiti again...

Avenger was here.

I was now.

My mom teaches art history, but that doesn't really help anything out. Don't you have a text book or something?

Modernism was a style, Modernity probably has something to do with how modern a peice was for its time.

Graffiti sucks.

there's something

Modernism in art history is different than "the modern era" in the general historic sense. Instead of beginning in medieval times (or whenever), modernism in art began in the 19teens and went through the '70s or so. This is when postmodernism really comes about - which makes laymen derogatory comments about modern art kind of dated, but... whatever (contemporary is an equally ridiculous term, so I won't bother with it).

The modernity term is spot-on for art theory purposes though.

The Modernist movement and the term modernity also don't necessarily coincide.

Yep. If you want to understand modernity as expressed in a visual context, look at advertising and the promises of being superior/better/fulfilled in an imagined future state (after acquiring the advertised commodities of course).

I love this ad as an example of implied modernity upon purchase: (is linking better than leeching btw?) It's a good example of modernity being expressed through visual language, though modernity always requires a context to work within (our concept of what is modern differs from the 1951 concept this ad was working with).

Is your paper on modernism vs modernity? or what's it about?

Surely it's about the effects and influences Communism had on modernism.

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