<aesthetics> modernism (sometimes called abstractionism) is an aesthetic doctrine and movement of the 20th century that repudiates the traditional purpose of art to represent reality and/or address timeless human values; instead, modernism holds that the purpose of art is to enable the artist to express his or her emotions, often in an utterly non-representational manner (also called abstract expressionism). Modernism is usually an aesthetic variety of subjectivism. (References from abstractionism and expressionism.)
Edited by Giovanni Benzi
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