Stanford University
Soren Kierkegaard, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
A thorough and complete biography. Includes sections on Kierkegaard's life, rhetoric, ethics, politics, and religion, just to name a few. Also contains a time-line and bibliography of works.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Black Iris by Georgia O'keefe
From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, here is the image "Black Iris", a painting by Georgia O'Keefe.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum: Cold War Modern: Design,1945 70
Museum exhibition canvasses the design of the cold war period. The focus of the exhibition is on making the connections between artistic production of the time and the era's prevailing political and social ideas.
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: Age of Anxiety: Europe in the 1920's
This site provides text from a lecture that looks at European culture after WWI. Looks at the literary and artistic developments during and as a result of the war. With links to several biographical websites on authors and philosophers...
Other
Tout Fait: The Marcel Duchamp Studies Online Journal
Online publication dedicated to Marcel Duchamp. There are sections dedicated to music, art, literature, notes, interviews and more.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Story, Identity, Unity
Delve into the art of storytelling in this self-guided unit. Multiple topics are covered such as literary genres, the 7 elements of fiction, figurative language, theme, characterization, etc. At the end of the unit, write your own flash...
Other
Brock University: Some Attributes of Modernist Literature
A nice discussion of the characteristics and attributes of modernism in literature.
Other
University of Nevada, Las Vegas: Modernism
Course handout discusses the complexities of the artistic and philosophical movements of Modernism.
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania: "Hymen" by h.d.
Complete text of this 1921 work is available here from Celebration of Women Writers.
Rutgers University
Rutgers University: Glossary of Literary and Rhetorical Terms: Modernism
A succinct definition of modernism, with examples of authors and styles.
British Library
British Library: 20th Century Teaching Resources: Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway
In these activities, students will use manuscript drafts, notebooks, and essays to study Woolf's experimentation with form and use of language during the lengthy process of composition. They will also consider the work in the context of...
British Library
British Library: 20th Century: Art, Music and Popular Culture
Discover the music, art, and popular culture that shook the world in the 20th century.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Sinclair Lewis
A short but concise entry about the life and works of Sinclair Lewis is provided at this site.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Outline of American Literature 1991
This website provides an outline of American literature beginning in 1776.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Henri Rousseau
Biography and general information concerning the artist and his works. Picture gallery online.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Juan Gris
A brief biography of the Juan Gris. Includes a picture gallery of his main works.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Time Periods [Pdf]
The date, historical context, genre/style, content, and effect of several different time periods including: Puritan Times, Rationalism/Age of Enlightenment, Romanticism, Realism, Modernism, and Contemporary/Postmodernism.
University of Pennsylvania
U Penn: Poetic Terms and Types
Click on these terms for an excellent definition of these poetic terms, some from the Oxford English Dictionary. Includes types of poetry as well as terms.
University of Virginia
"Modernism and the Modern Novel"
The Electronic Labyrinth provides a concise overview of Modernism with a nod to authors and works that characterize the movement.
University of Pennsylvania
Modern and Contemporary American Poetry
Home page for a 1999 online course from the University of Pennsylvania. Includes reference material lists and an alphabetical index.
ArtLex
Art Lex: Futurism
Read about the futurist movement in painting - particularly in Italian painting - and view examples of this style of painting. Click on the titles of each work to enlarge the images.
The Wharton Group
Discover France: Art Nouveau
This site contains information on Art Nouveau in great detail. Find out what this term means, and how this "new art" adapted from old styles.
ArtLex
Art Lex: The Eight
Examples of work by a group of early Modernist painters known as "The Eight." Gives a brief history of the group.
ArtLex
Art Lex: Ashcan School
Many examples of work by the group of painters known as the "Ashcan School." Brief history of the group as well.