Modernism

In lecture we were told about Modernism, it came after enlightenment and romanticism which were complete opposites to modernism. We focused mainly on Nietzsche he did not like christianity at all. His famous for the quote 'God is Dead', he blames religion for the de-evolution of humans. He thinks that people could have become some kind of 'super intelligient beings' if it wasn't for christianity. He thought that people shouldn't rely on a book for moral guidance, he believes very much in individualism and that people should think for themselves about their own moral beliefs. Nietzsche liked the arts and teamed up with Wagner to make plays in this period. Wagner made plays about rape, incest, cannibalism etc, these plays were dark. They fell out after Wagner did a play about christianity. Nietzsche resented women for the reason that they gave life, he was a believer in suicide. Nietzsche seemed to be a very bitter and somewhat twisted man. This was also when slavery was abolished which meant the arts were influenced by afro-Americans. It started with jazz music then developing into blues and then pop music. This was also when the Holocaust happened, a mass murder of the entire population of Europe, although stopped. Modernism from what I've learnt was a dark and sinister time to live. It was all about death or crime, i think people were trying to explore new ways of living but in a sinister way.