Modernism is Good

A blog dedicated to observing anything within the art’s that has been ‘constructed’ throughout the years of 1900-present to demonstrate the positive aspects of the modern world.

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Ezra Pound, 1913

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Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, New York City

Constructed 1973

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Excerpt from “The Four Quartets” by T.S. Elliot

1941

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Frank Lloyd Wright - Unity Temple, Oak Park, Illinois

Constructed 1908

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Dwell in the Wind, Uematsu Chikuyū, 2006, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Japanese and Korean Art

rectangular high-walled basket woven from flat, vertical bamboo strips; uneven at top, resembling windblown reeds; chevron patterned weave at bottom The vertical strips of bamboo from the bottom to the opening appear to some extent haphazard because the vessel lacks a conventionally finished mouth. “Dwell in the Wind” (Kaze no yadori) belongs to a series of works by Uematsu that follow the theme “composition through lines” (sen ni yoru kōsei). Size: 12 3/8 × 16 3/8 × 8 9/16 in. (31.43 × 41.59 × 21.75 cm) Medium: Bamboo (nemagaridake), rattan, lacquer

https://collections.artsmia.org/art/118033/

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Alexander Pope, The Wild Swan, 1900

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John Cage - String Quartet in Four Parts

1950

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Jorgen Leth - 66 Scenes from America

1982

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Kenneth Patchen - The Journal of Albion Moonlight

1941