stephenthorne

Isn't there a fundamental confusion of terms in this piece? Romanticism (with a small 'r') is an aspect of any historical period; Romanticism (capital 'R') is a discrete and fully describable artistic phenomenon with (disputable) beginning and end dates. Similarly, every historical period has its modern (small 'm') 'contemporary' art, whereas Modernism is a discrete and fully describable artistic phenomenon with (disputable) beginning and end dates in all areas of production - architecture, painting, literature, etc. Later Schoenberg is Modernist, early Schoenberg isn't. In other words, there's modern and modernity, and Modernist and Modernism.