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This site gives insight and details about the styles, characteristics, major figures, and history of 20th century art and music.
 * By: Katy Shawkey**

media type="custom" key="3646649" Music is a very important form of expression during the 20th century. There are various styles of music that came about in the 20th century. It was a time for change and a new direction, it led to more open ideas and less conformity to the church and society. Some forms of music seemed radical at the time because they either went against the church's views or societies views but soon it grew to be loved. Some of the movements of the early 20th century are //Post-Romanticism, Serialism, and Neo-Clasicism.// Some of the movements of the late 20th century are //Aleatory ("chance" music), Neo-romanticism, and Minimalism.// Structures and syles, such as atonal harmonies and polyphonic textures, were radical new ideas for this time period. Some composers, such as Igor Stravinsky, were bold enough to venture into this territory and create something new, while others,such as Sergei Rockmaninoff and Dmitri Shostakovich, just relied on the old forms of the past to create a great piece that might have a slight new age twist to it. To make the new modern mas usic stand out, more percussive instruments were used. Also they imployed other noise makers to try to replicate everyday sounds and along with that instrumentalists played in the very top and very bottom registers of their instrument more than ever before. 20th century music strived to be different, new, thought provoking, inspiring, and creative...it has certainly been just that.

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media type="custom" key="3646641" Art went through many changes during the 20th century. New techniques and styles were discovered and different forms of expression (such as through symbolism) became popular. Several types of art in the 20th century are Impressionism, Divisionism, Fauvism, and Pop art. There are many more types of art than just these. Some major artists of the 20th century were Monet, Jacob Epstein, and Max Ernst. Impressionists recorded their individual perceptions of light and color as well as their personal intuitive response to nature. Divisionism on the other hand was a more scientific approach to art and uses reason and intellect rather than intuition, it was believed by many to be the balance between feeling and theory. Fauvism was the 20th century's first expressionism movement. It was based on capturing the spontenaety of nature and the colors of nature. It was a very demanding art form and therefore only lasted for 3 years and was lead by Matisse, but it went on to inspire indiviual artists to create their own syle. Pop art was a pop culture movement of the '50s and '60s that was based on portraying everyday objects such as a soup can, or a pop star like Marylin Monroe. These objects are usualy portrayed mostly true to their actual self but sometimes there is an artistic twist or witty humour to it. One major leader in the pop art movement was Andy Worhol, known for his Camble's soup can, his comic like portrait of Marylin Monroe, and his picture of Sixteen Jackies.

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1. Name a 20th century Russian composer. **Sergei Rachmaninoff**, **Sergei Prokofiev**, and **Dmitri Shostakovich** 2. What ideals were the 20th century artists rebelling against? Romantic Ideals 3. Melodies became more __Dissonant__ rather than pleasing and harmonious. 4.Name 3 styles of art not mentioned above. Post-impressionism, proto expressionism, pre-cubism, futurism, organic surrealism etc. 5.Name another pop artist other than Andy Worhol. Jasper Johns, Robert Raushenberg, Roy Lihtenstein, Chuck close
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