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A Brief History of Modern: Part Two [Space, Time, & Color at the Turn of the Century: Cézanne, Picasso, & Matisse]

Posted on April 19, 2011 by thomas

In 1900 more than fifty million people attended the Exposition Universelle in Paris, a celebration of progress and the future; in 1903 Henri Bergson published his extraordinarily influential “Introduction to Metaphysics”; and in 1905 Albert Einstein published his Special Theory … Continue reading →

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A Brief History of Modern: Part One [Origin Myths: The Roots of Modernism]

Posted on April 13, 2011 by thomas

I would never call myself a Modernist; I have been firmly in the Post-Modern camp since the mid-nineties, at least on philosophical grounds. I don’t think the art-world has really hit post-modern yet, except as a passing style, but that … Continue reading →

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