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Modernism Prevalent in the period between the two World Wars (but also before and after) In general the term indicates : A rejection of the 19th-Century literary tradition (including Realism, Naturalism) a wide range of experimental and avant-garde trends (all the –isms: dadaism, surrealism, expressionism, futurism, etc.) A reaction to the modern, urban experience A rejection of bourgeois values Compare: And: Portrait of Picasso by Juan Gris Or: Georges Braque, Girl with a Cross OR: Picasso, Blanquita Suárez (1917) Modernism Discontinuity and fragmentation Juxtaposition and multiple points of