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'''Modernismo''' is [[Spanish (language)|Spanish]] for ''[[modernism]]'', however the term ''Modernismo'' indicates a more specific art movement:
'''Modernismo''' is [[Spanish (language)|Spanish]] for ''[[modernism]]'', however the term ''Modernismo'' indicates a more specific art movement:


* ''Modernismo'' (1) refers to a Spanish-American literary movement, best exemplified by [[Rubén Darío]]. Other notable exponents are [[Leopoldo Lugones]], [[Julio Herrera y Reissig]], [[Julián del Casal]] and [[José Martí]]. It is a recapitulation and blending of three European currents: [[Romanticism]], [[Symbolism]] and especially [[parnasianism|Parnassianism]]. Inner passions, visions, harmonies and rhythms are expressed in a rich, highly stylised verbal music. This movement was of great influence in the whole [[Hispanic]] world (including the [[Philipines]],) finding a temporary vogue also among the [[Spanish literature|Generación del 98]] in Spain, which posited various reactions to its perceived [[aestheticism]].
* ''Modernismo'' (1) refers to a Spanish-American literary movement, best exemplified by [[Rubén Darío]]. Other notable exponents are [[Leopoldo Lugones]], [[Julio Herrera y Reissig]], [[Julián del Casal]] and [[José Martí]]. It is a recapitulation and blending of three European currents: [[Romanticism]], [[Symbolism]] and especially [[parnassian poets|Parnassianism]]. Inner passions, visions, harmonies and rhythms are expressed in a rich, highly stylised verbal music. This movement was of great influence in the whole [[Hispanic]] world (including the [[Philipines]],) finding a temporary vogue also among the [[Spanish literature|Generación del 98]] in Spain, which posited various reactions to its perceived [[aestheticism]].





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Modernismo is Spanish for modernism, however the term Modernismo indicates a more specific art movement:


  • Modernismo (2), also known by its Catalan name Modernisme, is a term in architecture which generally refers to the pre-Art Nouveau style existing, e.g. in Barcelona in the last decades of the 19th century, the time Antoni Gaudí finished his education and built his first projects.