Discuss the following three artistic styles or movements of the early 20th century - Cubism, Futurism, and Surrealism - and explain how those movements and the artists associated with them reflected new attitudes, philosophies, and social and political transformations.

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Answer: Responses will vary depending on selections. Consider Picasso's Cubism, which abstracted the forms of the visible world into fragments drawn from multiple points of view; Futurism, an Italian movement that expressed motion as the new glory of the 20th century as evident in Boccioni's sculpture; and Dada, which had the most lasting impact on American art with Marcel Duchamp's "ready-mades" that probed the border between art and life. The art of the early 20th century reflected the bold advances into uncharted territory, against the resistance of conservative forces.

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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