Modernismo

Modernismo is 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 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 Philippines), finding a temporary vogue also among the Generación del 98 in Spain, which posited various reactions to its perceived aestheticism.

• 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.