Modern Art Notes · Volume of Literary Masters

Author: He Tai Zai
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Publish Date: 2001-05-01
Features: Satie, weary of Romantic music, also completed his symphony Socrates through mocking rebellion; the ambitious Marinetti finished his playfully cynical verses in Italy; and at the tender age of eighteen, Joyce threw Balzac's Le Père Goriot into the furnace, vowing to find the direction of the novel—thus, the sparks of revolution were ignited under the chaotic light of a new century. It was this spark that led some lonely geniuses, holding kindling in their hands, to rise up and surge toward the square of the times, staging their passionate and glorious performances amidst the ever-widening flames.
The！The grand curtain of this century has fallen. Looking back at the history of this century, after piercing through the political fog and war dust that once shrouded it, we still see the marvelous sparks that humanity burst forth with in this short century, and we still recall some immortal voices and images amidst those resounding flames. And it was this very group of people who brought us the beauty, flow, and emotion of history.