They all emphasized the importance of handmade, decorative, ornamental and functional designs. William Morris started the movement as a reaction against the machine and emphasized the importance of working with one's hands. He did not see the beauty in mechanically produced objects, nor did the Art Nouveau artists and modernist architects. They all collectively emphasized the importance of new structures and styles that would inspire people and bring beauty to a world that was becoming bland and repetitive. According to Pevsner, what distinguishes Modernism (and Gaudi in particular) from the general trend of Art Nouveau? Although Gaudi was one of the leading innovators of Art Nouveau and Modernism in the world at the time and in Barcelona, ​​his style eventually developed into something completely his own and its originality is not amazed. His style can be connected to many different types, including Spanish, late Gothic, Moroccan, Spanish Baroque, and a strong emphasis on exuberance, fantasy, and nature. Gaudi sought to give the impression that his creations had risen from the earth, particularly that of his work, the Sagrada Familia. He also believed in using what was around him and recycling objects into beautiful creations like the chimney caps of Casa Mila and many other buildings. That was kind of his strong point and he was amazing at it. It may be in bad taste, but it's bursting with vitality and handled with ruthless audacity.5. 5. Pevsner's text is over 75 years old. The clarity of its contours still makes it valuable today. But what is Pevsner's appreciation of Art Nouveau in general and Modenism in particular? Although Pevsner did not like Art Nouveau for its extravagances, he realized that it had shown that a... middle of paper ...content that Art should moralize, should show morality suitable to established society: and, in his weakest moments, Ruskin fell as deeply into this error as any other. » Can you find a specific example of this in Ruskin's reading, Traffic? as defines who we are. People are only in a good moral state when they enjoy doing it. If they still love immoral things, they are still in a vicious state. Art, like people, works the same way. Taste for all art is not a moral quality, but taste for good ones is. A work of art may appear beautiful to the eye, but if it is an expression of prolonged pleasure in a base thing, that pleasure is an immoral quality and therefore in bad taste. A Greek statue, however, expresses the pleasure of perpetually contemplating a good and perfect thing. It's quite a moral quality, it's the taste of angels.