What is modernity in philosophy?

Modernity is a notable ideal when contrasted with modernism in aesthetic theory. Kant influenced the rise of the modernist movement (specifically formalism). Formalism is the idea that what are aesthetically significant are the formal properties of a piece of art. Formal properties include colors, lines and composition. Modernism is not to be confused with modernity. Modernity deals with civilization instead of art (industrialization, urbanization, technology and materialism). This movement, however, rises from the interpretation of this work some years later.