the first 15 years of the 20th century saw changes in the theory and practice of art among modern artists in western europe which were so remarkable they ve been compared with the great advances made in science and technology at the same time. there s no simple explanation for why this period was so dynamic, nor was the dynamism confined to one center. although paris had long been the focus of modernism, it had its rivals in brussels, barcelona, and munich. but it was a time of growing tension in western culture, of continued rapid industrialization, of imperialism abroad and rivalry within the states of europe, and, at the same time, scientific breakthroughs, which not only questioned our way of seeing the world, but the very nature of reality itself planck s quantum theory, einstein s theory of relativity, freud s work on psychoanalysis. it was in 1900 that freud wrote his interpretation of dreams, a prophetic work in view of the tragedies of modern western history. freud
captioning made possible by the annenberg/cpb project the first 15 years of the 20th century saw changes in the theory and practice of art among modern artists in western europe which were so remarkable they ve been compared with the great advances made in science and technology at the same time. there s no simple explanation for why this period was so dynamic, nor was the dynamism confined to one center. although paris had long been the focus of modernism, it had its rivals in brussels, barcelona, and munich. but it was a time of growing tension in western culture, of continued rapid industrialization, of imperialism abroad and rivalry within the states of europe, and, at the same time, scientific breakthroughs, which not only questioned our way of seeing the world, but the very nature of reality itself planck s quantum theory, einstein s theory of relativity, freud s work on psychoanalysis. it was in 1900 that freud wrote his interpretation of dreams, a prophetic work in v
captioning made possible by the annenberg/cpb project the first 15 years of the 20th century saw changes in the theory and practice of art among modern artists in western europe which were so remarkable they ve been compared with the great advances made in science and technology at the same time. there s no simple explanation for why this period was so dynamic, nor was the dynamism confined to one center. although paris had long been the focus of modernism, it had its rivals in brussels, barcelona, and munich. but it was a time of growing tension in western culture, of continued rapid industrialization, of imperialism abroad and rivalry within the states of europe, and, at the same time, scientific breakthroughs, which not only questioned our way of seeing the world, but the very nature of reality itself planck s quantum theory, einstein s theory of relativity, freud s work on psychoanalysis. it was in 1900 that freud wrote his interpretation of dreams, a prophetic work in v
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