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a way of saying something that is particular to the present day; a modern speech form
modernisms like "blog" and "life hack"
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In black-and-white footage, Locke is shown traipsing through the open-storage facilities of museums such as the Barnes Collection, whose founder, Albert C. Barnes, engages Locke in a dialogue on African art’s influence on European modernism.
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Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 12 July 2024
Mixing the design traditions of the area with a dash of Japanese and Brazilian modernism, Bush selected furnishings that felt as finely crafted as the home itself.
—Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 2 July 2024
That energy is partially the result of efforts to study and acquire South Asian art at institutions such as the Guggenheim Museum, Tate, and the Museum of Modern Art, themselves part of a larger attempt to expand the history of modernism.
—Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 24 June 2024
Though its proponents claim the authority of modernism, their arguments repeat attacks that the Constitution has already weathered before.
—John Yoo, National Review, 23 June 2024
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Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 12 July 2024
Mixing the design traditions of the area with a dash of Japanese and Brazilian modernism, Bush selected furnishings that felt as finely crafted as the home itself.
—Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 2 July 2024
That energy is partially the result of efforts to study and acquire South Asian art at institutions such as the Guggenheim Museum, Tate, and the Museum of Modern Art, themselves part of a larger attempt to expand the history of modernism.
—Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 24 June 2024
Though its proponents claim the authority of modernism, their arguments repeat attacks that the Constitution has already weathered before.
—John Yoo, National Review, 23 June 2024
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“Modernism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/modernism. Accessed 13 Sep. 2024.
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