(post)modernism

modernism: is vague and each critic has his/her own idea of a specific definition and time period but it can not be denied that modernism is about the rejection of traditional and conservative views. modernism can range from Manet's mid 1800's painting The Luncheon on the Grass to Piet Mondrian, Composition with Yellow, Blue, and Red,

Modernism was concerned with "progress" and taking art and everyday life where it had never been before. Andy Warhol brought a sense of importance everyday objects like soup focused on what society wanted to see, this lured people from any social sphere into modernism making it more about the people and their needs.
kandinsky and The Bauhaus school founded by Walter Gropius focused on merging art with applied arts such as music and psychology. Kandinsky (and the Bauhaus team) also focused on evoking emotion and a person's "inner necessity" with the use of color and geometric shapes. Kandinsky himself was very influenced by music and wanted to merge color painting with music and the process of making music.
post-modernism: one important aspect is the focus on the process of making art not necessarily the final project. for example action painting such as Jackson Pollock. Pollock’s paintings represent the chaos in America at the time. his techniques and initial concept was so obvious in his final paintings. the size of the paintings to me indicate how invasive and overpowering American society can be.