____________ artists used characteristic methods of a discipline to criticize the discipline itself, not to subvert it but to entrench it more firmly in its area of competence.

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This statement is most closely associated with the Modernist movement in art, which emerged in the early 20th century and sought to challenge and innovate within traditional artistic disciplines such as painting, sculpture, and literature. Modernist artists often used established techniques and forms in unexpected ways, in order to critique and question the assumptions of their medium. Examples include Marcel Duchamp's use of readymade objects in his art, or T.S. Eliot's fragmented and allusive poetry. However, contrary to some other artistic movements (such as postmodernism), Modernism did not seek to undermine or subvert the fundamental principles of these disciplines, but rather to hone and deepen their possibilities.

____________ Artists Used Characteristic Methods of a Discipline to Criticize