Modernism appeared at the beginning of the 20th century, after the First World War and during the “roaring twenties”. Materialism, crime, depression and change filled this era. Reflecting the revolutionary period, modernism itself was a revolution in style. Musicians, artists and writers have moved away from traditional and conventional techniques to create new and rebellious art. In other words, modernism marked a change in the way artists represented the world in their works. Passionate and sporadic jazz music, called “jungle music,” danced across the music scene. Painters like Pablo Picasso and Wassily Kandinsky stroked the paintings of impressionist and figurative artists like Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas. Poets like TS Eliot, Ee Cummings, Wallace Stevens and William Carlos Williams broke the rules of conventional poetry. Finally, Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald replaced the 19th century mystery novels with their works: The Sun Also Rises and The Great Gatsby. and other art forms. Modernists understood that it was not just about understanding a work, declaring that one could also appreciate art. Pleasure has therefore become extremely important. Pleasure filled the streets, with people illegally drinking alcohol, having sex, and enjoying the current prosperity; pleasure filled the arts. With pleasure also came a concern for perspective. A person's perspective determines whether or not they love art and really life itself. For the first time therefore, pleasure and perspective were at the center of the concerns and interests of the artists, thus forming...... middle of paper ...... this new art. However, the spirit did not suffer from its new flesh. The style of modernist writers is actually deceptively simple. Even though the sentences and words in modernist works seem simple and clear, the underlying emotion and issues remain very complex. For example, Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises isn't just about drunk people. However, realizing that the reader may have difficulty understanding his difficult ideas, Hemingway, along with the other modernist writers, added these revolutionary elements, such as symbolism and simpler sentences, to allow the reader to appreciate art. One can communicate with and delight in another being without fully understanding or delving into their complicated mind. We can enjoy the flesh of art without completely grasping its spirit. Art as a being in its own right was a new and modern idea that brought about a revolution in style..