Modernismo Movement Analysis
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Modernismo began in Latin America in the late 1800s and spread to Spain in the first decades of the twentieth century. While its greatest influences were French symbolism, elements of classical Spanish poetry and the influence of American poets could also be detected in the work of the movement. Poets of modernismo often set their poems in exotic landscapes dotted with swans, peacocks, lilies, princesses, and other symbols of aristocracy. These symbols were meant to emphasize the materialism of everyday life by creating a world of complete beauty. The Cuban poet Jose Marti was a forerunner to the movement. Modernismo became one of the first Latin American artistic movements. Although the movement itself was largely over by 1920, it continued to influence Spanish and Latin American poets throughout the rest of the twentieth century.