American modernism was a period of time that ended in the 1940s. American modernism does not clearly relate to the qualities of the work of art, hence it is not specific in matters dealing with art. It is symbolized by the young generation with the modern approach to many issues. Walter Benn Michaels (1995) states, that American modernism represents the future, the revolutionary and the conservatives. Americans became happy especially the young due to the benefits that they realized from modernism, but also modernism was opposed by other Americans who were against its influences. It was opposed because it brought about and encouraging new culture among the Americans. American modernism clearly defines the break people realized from their past experiences. Some groups of people realized a positive break from their past while other realizing a negative break from their past. Especially the group of people that greatly relied on technology rejoiced due to the influences modernism had to their lives. American modernism also defined human horizons. It was through American modernism that the feeling of American people was charged.
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