Modern art such as, painting, sculpture, graphics and architecture started at the 19 century specifically in France. There were a lot of movements, philosophies and attitudes that rejected traditional and formal forms of art. These movements changed the typical forms of art to make it more creative and interesting by using new materials, ideas, techniques and bold colors. Also, the art itself has a story to tell, a meaning behind it or an experience to share that make people think and meditate. [1] [2]
In the mid-nineteenth century with the birth of the industrial revolution in Western Europe the modern era started, one of the fundamental turning points in the world history. Pace and features of daily life has changed radically with technologies and inventions like the internal combustion engine, factories and electrical power in Europe. These changes made people migrate from
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Dada was a movement which dominated the inter-war years. Dadaism was a movement that represented new ideas and rejected traditions in a direct and obvious way. Dadaism directly supports the statement that modernism is represented by the rejection of tradition. Duchamp was “the most stimulating intellectual to be concerned with the visual arts in this century – ironic, witty and penetrating” in the writers’ point of view. Duchamp used an everyday object that he converted to an art work only by choosing it he simply adds nothing to them. His work Fountain was just simply industrial porcelain fitting for a public urinal that Duchamp had only set on its side and signed, “R. Mutt.” Such type of arts showed total rejection of the usual artistic behaviors, ignoring the traditional skill, technique, taste that art normally embody. The meaning behind these kinds of art works does not depend on any aesthetic qualities rather in the aesthetic questions they force one to think of.