Associated with the idea of advancing new aesthetic values.
To be modern in this period was to be identified with a new subject matter and new ways of seeing.
Modernism believed that science can save the world, which is different to previous movements and art styles which had huge references to religion and rejected the idea of science.
The invention of photography contributed to the creation of modernism, since it is considered to be the modern way of image making compared to fine art which was previously the main way scenes could be captured in an image.
