Pioneer Modernism

In Paul Greenlhalgh's book, he talks about the two phases of Modernism and their purposes. The first of the two was called Pioneer Modernism, a phase that "was essentially a set of ideas, a vision of how the designed world could transform human consciousness and improve material conditions." To have been only a set of ideas could mean that this phase was not taken far enough to be recognized as "the" Modern movement. The objective of this phase was to 'transform human consciousness and improve material conditions'. A distinct trait of Pioneer Modernism was their belief in theology that was integrated into this concept. This was deemed appropriate and highly beneficial to preaching universality in design, however, it was not successful in being carried out by constructional means. Instead, this was widely spread throughout manifestos in Europe since literature seemed to be the medium that allowed that concept to be understood.