Christian Art: Modernism

After the Industrial Revolution, the modern era began to take hold. As such, art also began to change rapidly. As the Revolution paved the way for a grittier, more realistic art movement, the modern era focused on functionality and practicality. Not only did this mindset affect architecture, but art as well. And thus the Modernist art movement was born. Modernism rose out of the revolt against the Industrial Revolution and the bourgeois worldview. Some of the most famous Modernist artists are Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, and Frida Kahlo. Modern art is not limited to one style, but of several ones which include as Cubism, Dadaism, and Surrealism.
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