XX Century Modernism In Animation

Introduction

In this essay I will discuss the impact XX Century modernism had on animation.
I will also analyse its importance and relevance as a way of understanding its principals and origins. Modernism is usually confused as a form of art which ‘is modern’ with it’s own set of principals and a unique ways of assessing art.
Everyone has their on opinion on the subject but one thing is certain, art was stagnating and in need of something new . The modernism movement went from the late 19th century over to the 1960’s. The values from Modernism are the visual graphic aesthetic which evokes communication and expression of art away from realism in a non-conventional way.
This essay discuss how Modernism rejects "the old" and embraced "the new"

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