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This work was created from 1884 to 1886 and is Georges Seurat's most famous painting. The modernist style used in this piece is Pointillism, a branch of Impressionism.
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Painted in 1889, The Starry Night is considered one of van Gogh's most famous works, completed in a Post-impressionist style.
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This was first published as a three-part story in Blackwood's Magazine in 1899 and then as a book in 1902. The story is known as an example of early modernism and questions British imperialism.
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This sculpture is one of the most famous of all time and has been recreated by many.
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The Steerage is often considered one of the most important photographs of the modernist movement. The people on the ship were traveling from New York to Europe, implying they had not been allowed to enter the United States.
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The first time this was performed, it nearly created a riot amongst audience members because of the controversial nature of the performance. The piece is regarded as one of the most important musical compositions of the 20th century.
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Two editions of this literary magazine were published, one on June 20, 1914 and one on July 15, 1915. The magazine is an important example of modernism before World War I.
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Claude Monet painted this piece in 1919 as the sun reflected off a pond with water lilies floating on the surface. The work is considered an important example of Impressionism.
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Ulysses is known for its experimental style, including the use of stream-of-consciousness writing.
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T.S. Eliot is one of the most recognized modernist poets, and his 434-line poem, The Waste Land, is one of his best known works. It is one of the most important poems of the modernist era.
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One of Webern's later works, this piece utilizes the twelve tone technique, which he learned from Arnold Schoenberg.
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Written by Virginia Woolf, an important female author of the modernist movement, this title includes little action and little dialogue and focuses more on introspection.
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This song is an example of jazz music that was very popular during the 1920's. While it incorporates elements of jazz music, it also contains elements of swing music.
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The Persistence of Memory is Dali's most well-known painting and was completed in 1931. Dali was a surrealist painter, trying to blend elements of reality and dreams into one image.
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This iconic photograph was taken in 1932. It shows men eating lunch while sitting on a high beam above the streets of New York. The building they are working on is 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
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Built from 1936 to 1939, Fallingwater is a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, possibly the most famous modern architect. Located in Pennsylvania, this house blends nature with humanity.
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One of the most iconic sculptures in the world was created from 1927 to 1941.
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Built from 1945 to 1951, The Farnsworth House is one of the most notable structures designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. It is a one-room house made of steel and glass, common materials used by modernist architects.
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Jackson Pollock was known as an abstract expressionist. Full Fathom Five, completed in 1947, was one of his first drip paintings. This is the style he is best known for.
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Samuel Becket was considered one of the last major modernist writers. Waiting for Godot is known for blending elements of both tragedy and comedy, and therefore can be classified as a tragicomedy.
