Imagism
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Imagism was an early 20th-century poetic movement that emphasized precise imagery, clear language, and economy of expression, strongly influencing the development of modernist poetry.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Imagism canonical | 24 |
| Imagist poetry | 3 |
| Imagist poets | 2 |
| Imagisme | 1 |
| Objectivist poetry | 1 |
| Objectivist poets | 1 |
| The Imagists | 1 |
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Target entity: Imagism Context triple: [Modernism, associatedWith, Imagism]
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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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Cubism
Cubism is an early 20th-century avant-garde art movement, pioneered by artists like Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, that revolutionized visual representation by fragmenting subjects into geometric forms and depicting multiple viewpoints simultaneously.
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Surrealism
Surrealism is a 20th-century artistic and literary movement that sought to unlock the unconscious mind and depict dreamlike, illogical scenes to challenge rational thought and conventional reality.
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Impressionism
Impressionism is a 19th-century art movement characterized by small, visible brushstrokes, open composition, and an emphasis on capturing light and fleeting moments in everyday scenes.
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Fauvism
Fauvism was an early 20th-century modern art movement characterized by vivid, non-naturalistic colors and bold brushwork, led by artists such as Henri Matisse and André Derain.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Imagism Target entity description: Imagism was an early 20th-century poetic movement that emphasized precise imagery, clear language, and economy of expression, strongly influencing the development of modernist poetry.
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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.
Cubism
Cubism is an early 20th-century avant-garde art movement, pioneered by artists like Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, that revolutionized visual representation by fragmenting subjects into geometric forms and depicting multiple viewpoints simultaneously.
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C.
Surrealism
Surrealism is a 20th-century artistic and literary movement that sought to unlock the unconscious mind and depict dreamlike, illogical scenes to challenge rational thought and conventional reality.
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D.
Impressionism
Impressionism is a 19th-century art movement characterized by small, visible brushstrokes, open composition, and an emphasis on capturing light and fleeting moments in everyday scenes.
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E.
Fauvism
Fauvism was an early 20th-century modern art movement characterized by vivid, non-naturalistic colors and bold brushwork, led by artists such as Henri Matisse and André Derain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (67)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
20th-century literary movement
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literary movement ⓘ modernist movement ⓘ poetic movement ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| emphasizes |
brevity
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exact word choice ⓘ sensory experience ⓘ visual images ⓘ |
| endTime | around 1917 ⓘ |
| floruit |
1912
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1913 ⓘ 1914 ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasCorePrinciple |
compose in the sequence of the musical phrase, not in sequence of a metronome
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direct treatment of the thing ⓘ use absolutely no word that does not contribute to the presentation ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacteristic |
avoidance of abstraction
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clear language ⓘ compression ⓘ concrete detail ⓘ direct treatment of the subject ⓘ economy of expression ⓘ free verse ⓘ precise imagery ⓘ rhythms of musical phrase rather than metronome ⓘ |
| hasNotableProponent |
Amy Lowell
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D. H. Lawrence ⓘ Ezra Pound ⓘ F. S. Flint ⓘ Ford Madox Ford ⓘ H.D. ⓘ James Joyce ⓘ John Gould Fletcher ⓘ Richard Aldington ⓘ William Carlos Williams ⓘ |
| hasNotableText |
A Few Don’ts by an Imagiste
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Imagism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Imagisme
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| hasNotableWork |
Cathay
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Des Imagistes ⓘ Sea Garden ⓘ Some Imagist Poets ⓘ |
| influenced |
American modernist poetry
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British modernist poetry ⓘ Ezra Pound ⓘ H.D. ⓘ Objectivist poetry ⓘ T. S. Eliot ⓘ Vorticism ⓘ William Carlos Williams ⓘ modernist poetry ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
French symbolism
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surface form:
French Symbolism
Greek lyric poetry ⓘ classical Chinese poetry ⓘ classical Japanese poetry ⓘ haiku ⓘ tanka ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movementCenter |
London, England
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surface form:
London
New York City ⓘ Paris ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Georgian poetry
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Victorian poetic diction ⓘ romantic vagueness ⓘ |
| partOf | modernism ⓘ |
| startTime | 1908 ⓘ |
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Subject: Imagism Description of subject: Imagism was an early 20th-century poetic movement that emphasized precise imagery, clear language, and economy of expression, strongly influencing the development of modernist poetry.
Referenced by (33)
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