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Experimentation, or Modernism, is the act of trying out new things. Modern artists and filmmakers try to leave conventions behind and expl...

Experimentation, or Modernism, is the act of trying out new things. Modern artists and filmmakers try to leave conventions behind and explore the new. Often this results in abstract works. Children are the perfect audience for experimental media, because children are experimenters themselves. Children don't have expectations of what they think something should be. They have no understanding of the "rules," and therefore will not reject a piece of experimental media. One main characteristic of Modernism is the exploration of the medium. Mark Rothko made several paintings that just consisted of flat planes of color. He was exploring...

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During the week of documentation, we discussed the impact that material circumstances, social environment, and human labor have ...

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Just as Romanticism was a response to The Enlightenment Era, Realism was a response to Romanticism.  Courbet, the leader of the ...

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