Discussion: Modernism in France

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We will start on modernism in France

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Read: Chapter 1, section 1 and 2

Write: How are modernity and mordernism characterized for France and how is the topic of class difference addressed including the art work? Adress the role of the painting Olympia by Manet in the discussion.

Book: Steve Edwards & Paul Wood, eds. Art and Visual Culture 1850-2010: Modernity to Globalisation, Open University, 2012.

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Modernity in France

Societies are always subject to change as the public gains further insight into different concepts. In France, Art faced significant changes across centuries as people developed further questions and sought greater inspiration from different works of art. In particular, there was significant development in the interpretation of art in the mid-twentieth century, which in scholars sought to not only understand the subjects of the different works of art and the surface and material on which they were painted, but also the social milieu of the different works of art (Woods, 2012). Consequently, modernity would include a new definition on the understanding of art history, while modernism included the evolution in the concept of defining art, not based on the subject, but

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