American modernism
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American modernism is a 20th-century U.S. artistic and cultural movement characterized by abstraction, experimentation, and a break from traditional European forms in visual art, literature, architecture, and design.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| American modernism canonical | 24 |
| American Modernism | 1 |
| American modern art | 1 |
| American modernist architecture movement | 1 |
| Anglo-American modernism | 1 |
| Anglo-American modernist writers | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American modernism Context triple: [Donald Judd, movement, American modernism]
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Modernism
Modernism is a broad 20th-century cultural and artistic movement characterized by a deliberate break with traditional forms and an embrace of innovation, abstraction, and new technologies in art, architecture, literature, and design.
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Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance
Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance is a seminal critical study by Houston A. Baker Jr. that examines the intersections of modernist aesthetics and African American literary production during the Harlem Renaissance.
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American Impressionism
American Impressionism was a late 19th- and early 20th-century art movement in the United States that adapted French Impressionist techniques to American subjects, emphasizing light, color, and everyday scenes.
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The Modern
The Modern is a renowned contemporary art museum in Fort Worth, Texas, known for its striking Tadao Ando–designed building and significant collection of post–World War II art.
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Latin American Modernism
Latin American Modernism was a late 19th- and early 20th-century literary and artistic movement that revolutionized Spanish-language aesthetics through cosmopolitan themes, innovative forms, and a break with traditional realism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American modernism Target entity description: American modernism is a 20th-century U.S. artistic and cultural movement characterized by abstraction, experimentation, and a break from traditional European forms in visual art, literature, architecture, and design.
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A.
Modernism
Modernism is a broad 20th-century cultural and artistic movement characterized by a deliberate break with traditional forms and an embrace of innovation, abstraction, and new technologies in art, architecture, literature, and design.
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B.
Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance
Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance is a seminal critical study by Houston A. Baker Jr. that examines the intersections of modernist aesthetics and African American literary production during the Harlem Renaissance.
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C.
American Impressionism
American Impressionism was a late 19th- and early 20th-century art movement in the United States that adapted French Impressionist techniques to American subjects, emphasizing light, color, and everyday scenes.
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D.
The Modern
The Modern is a renowned contemporary art museum in Fort Worth, Texas, known for its striking Tadao Ando–designed building and significant collection of post–World War II art.
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E.
Latin American Modernism
Latin American Modernism was a late 19th- and early 20th-century literary and artistic movement that revolutionized Spanish-language aesthetics through cosmopolitan themes, innovative forms, and a break with traditional realism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (77)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural movement
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art movement ⓘ literary movement ⓘ |
| aim |
to break from traditional European forms
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to create distinctly American forms of expression ⓘ to respond to modern industrial and urban life ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bauhaus influence in America
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International Style NERFINISHED ⓘ Little magazines ⓘ New York School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| endTime | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| field |
architecture
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dance ⓘ design ⓘ literature ⓘ music ⓘ theater ⓘ visual art ⓘ |
| follows |
19th-century realism
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Gilded Age culture ⓘ Victorian art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
abstraction
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break with academic traditions ⓘ experimentation with form ⓘ focus on subjective experience ⓘ formal experimentation ⓘ fragmentation ⓘ interest in the unconscious ⓘ nonlinear narrative ⓘ rejection of traditional realism ⓘ self-reflexivity ⓘ stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| hasPart |
American literary modernism
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American modernist architecture ⓘ American modernist design ⓘ American modernist painting ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Cubism
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European modernism ⓘ Fauvism NERFINISHED ⓘ Freudian psychoanalysis ⓘ Futurism NERFINISHED ⓘ Impressionism NERFINISHED ⓘ Post-Impressionism NERFINISHED ⓘ Symbolism NERFINISHED ⓘ World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ industrialization ⓘ the Great Depression NERFINISHED ⓘ the Harlem Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ the Jazz Age NERFINISHED ⓘ urbanization ⓘ |
| mainRegion | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFigure |
Charles Demuth
NERFINISHED
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Edward Hopper NERFINISHED ⓘ Ernest Hemingway NERFINISHED ⓘ Ezra Pound NERFINISHED ⓘ F. Scott Fitzgerald NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Lloyd Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ Georgia O'Keeffe NERFINISHED ⓘ Gertrude Stein NERFINISHED ⓘ Langston Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Sullivan NERFINISHED ⓘ Marianne Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ Mies van der Rohe NERFINISHED ⓘ Raymond Loewy NERFINISHED ⓘ Stuart Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ T. S. Eliot NERFINISHED ⓘ Wallace Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Gropius NERFINISHED ⓘ William Faulkner NERFINISHED ⓘ Zora Neale Hurston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Abstract Expressionism
NERFINISHED
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American Regionalism NERFINISHED ⓘ Harlem Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ Precisionism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | early 20th century ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: American modernism Description of subject: American modernism is a 20th-century U.S. artistic and cultural movement characterized by abstraction, experimentation, and a break from traditional European forms in visual art, literature, architecture, and design.
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
American modernist architecture movement
subject surface form:
Blood-Burning Moon
this entity surface form:
American modern art
this entity surface form:
Anglo-American modernism
this entity surface form:
Anglo-American modernist writers
this entity surface form:
American Modernism