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Please choose one of the major historical developments below and trace its impact on modern European thought and culture, referring specifically to how three artists, thinkers, or artistic/cultural/intellectual movements responded to it.

1. The emergence and growth of industrial capitalism.

2. The era of invention that marked the latter third of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. 

3. The intensification of European imperialism during the latter half of the 19th century

4. The First World War