The reason the works in the Industrial Revolution, World Wars, and the Modernism period showed those themes was because the periods mentioned saw a lot of human suffering.
What happened in the periods mentioned?
The Industrial Revolution led to much prosperity but the lower class was heavily exploited. The World Wars saw tens of millions of people killed.
The Modernism era saw the Great Depression and the World Wars which ruined people.
There was therefore a lot of loss in these periods both of resources and lives. People were therefore pessimistic about the future and more aware of their lives which could easily be taken. This was then reflected in art because art sometimes imitates reality.
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