Modernism III

8th May 2006 with 0 Comments

Expressionists were amongst the most interesting of the Modernists. They believed that modern industrial capitalism had hijacked the human spirit, had somehow increased the ability to manipulate the external world by appropriating the inner life of the individual and the community. The spirit, which had always been free, was now forced into the service of [...]

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