Here comes a list of web resources that may be handy for anyone researching this particular area of modernist art.

There are both noticeable similarities and differences between the short story and the movie; however, as we will see, the changes introduced by the director in his adaptation of Hemingway’s work completely change the overall message of the story.

The Mining Museum in Saint-Petersburg, Russia features a wealth of mineral, paleontological, and metallurgical collections. The last and most amazing suite of the museum’s halls is dedicated to the craft of producing unique industrial and geological specimens.

“Gestalt”, as a philosophical concept, emerged by the end of the 19th century as a response to the atomist stance on the wholeness of visual representations.

Marcel Duchamp’s contribution to the development of painting, graphic design, poetry and movies is priceless.

Doric columns are considered the simplest among all ancient types of columns - both Greek and Roman.

Surrealism, a significant landmark on the artistic and literary map of modernism, developed between two World Wars as an heir of the Dadaist movement and a forefather to every artistic endeavor which followed it.

Japanese painter of the post-war period suddenly finds all his art useless and unappreciated. Kazuo Ishiguro draws a moving picture of artistic retirement in difficult times.

Philosophical, critical, and literary overview of "The Raft of the Medusa". Julian Barnes challenges the mimetic confidence of one of the most accomplished Romantic painters.

Mikhail Bakhtin described the medieval carnival as a feast that broke every social taboo. "The Carnivalesque" can be found in contemporary art techniques and tendencies as well.