A presentation about and for Postmodernism. By no means exhaustive and hardly worth noting. ( Please note: I have also uploaded a version of this slideshow that includes citation information, it can be viewed here: http://www.slideshare.net/ryanbeitz/postmodernism-and-you-revised ).
The document provides an overview of modernism and postmodernism in architecture and thought. It begins by contrasting the Pruitt-Igoe housing project from 1954, as an example of modernist architecture, with the Portland Building from 1982, designed by Michael Graves, as an example of postmodern architecture. It then discusses how postmodernism emerged from and responded to modernism, questioning universal truths and progress narratives. Key postmodern thinkers are outlined like Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault, Derrida, and Lyotard. Postmodernism values difference over unity and sees language as constructing reality rather than reflecting it.
1) Postmodernism rejects the idea that there is objective truth and reality, instead believing that truth is subjective and based on individual interpretation.
2) It critiques modernism's belief in grand narratives, rationality, and absolute knowledge, instead embracing uncertainty, irrationality, and subjective experience.
3) Postmodern thinkers like Foucault argued that truth is defined by the specific contexts in which we exist rather than being universal, leading to a rejection of objective reality.
This document provides an overview of postmodernism and its key concepts. It discusses how postmodernism challenged modernist ideas like scientific positivism and human progress. Some of the main tenets of postmodernism discussed are the elevation of text/language, questioning reality/representation, and critiquing metanarratives. The document also examines postmodernism's influence in fields like anthropology, architecture, and its critique of colonialism. Several influential postmodern thinkers are profiled like Derrida, Foucault, and Baudrillard.
Based closely on a lecture by Eleanor MacDonald, political scientist at Queen's University this is an introduction to some of the history and ideas behind the philosophy of postmodernism.
1. Jean Baudrillard was a postmodern philosopher known for his concepts of hyperreality and simulations, where he argued that society has replaced reality with simulations and signs that no longer refer to any deeper reality.
2. Michel Foucault analyzed power relations and argued that knowledge is always produced through power, so what counts as truth depends on social relationships and changes over time and place.
3. Postmodernism more broadly questions universal truths and meta-narratives, emphasizes marginalized groups, and sees history as non-linear rather than progressive. It influenced fields like philosophy, literary criticism, and cultural studies.
The document discusses key themes and devices of postmodern literature, comparing it to modernism. Postmodern literature continues modernism's tendencies of alienation, discontinuity, and social individualism. It focuses on fragmentation, pastiche, and presenting unordered universes. Postmodernist critics like Jacques Lacan and Michel Foucault were academically trained in philosophy including Nietzsche, Marx, and Heidegger. The term "postmodernism" began being used in literature in the 1960s to describe styles like "black humor" and "fabulism".
This document discusses various concepts related to postmodernism, including theories proposed by theorists such as Fiske, Barthes, Derrida, Levi-Strauss, Genette, Baudrillard, Lyotard, Kramer, and Jameson. It examines ideas around intertextuality, genres, simulation, hyperreality, and rejection of grand narratives. Key concepts covered include codes, cultural knowledge, making sense of reality through other texts, circular referentiality, and pastiche vs parody.
The document provides an overview of modernism and postmodernism in architecture and thought. It begins by contrasting the Pruitt-Igoe housing project from 1954, as an example of modernist architecture, with the Portland Building from 1982, designed by Michael Graves, as an example of postmodern architecture. It then discusses how postmodernism emerged from and responded to modernism, questioning universal truths and progress narratives. Key postmodern thinkers are outlined like Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault, Derrida, and Lyotard. Postmodernism values difference over unity and sees language as constructing reality rather than reflecting it.
1) Postmodernism rejects the idea that there is objective truth and reality, instead believing that truth is subjective and based on individual interpretation.
2) It critiques modernism's belief in grand narratives, rationality, and absolute knowledge, instead embracing uncertainty, irrationality, and subjective experience.
3) Postmodern thinkers like Foucault argued that truth is defined by the specific contexts in which we exist rather than being universal, leading to a rejection of objective reality.
This document provides an overview of postmodernism and its key concepts. It discusses how postmodernism challenged modernist ideas like scientific positivism and human progress. Some of the main tenets of postmodernism discussed are the elevation of text/language, questioning reality/representation, and critiquing metanarratives. The document also examines postmodernism's influence in fields like anthropology, architecture, and its critique of colonialism. Several influential postmodern thinkers are profiled like Derrida, Foucault, and Baudrillard.
Based closely on a lecture by Eleanor MacDonald, political scientist at Queen's University this is an introduction to some of the history and ideas behind the philosophy of postmodernism.
1. Jean Baudrillard was a postmodern philosopher known for his concepts of hyperreality and simulations, where he argued that society has replaced reality with simulations and signs that no longer refer to any deeper reality.
2. Michel Foucault analyzed power relations and argued that knowledge is always produced through power, so what counts as truth depends on social relationships and changes over time and place.
3. Postmodernism more broadly questions universal truths and meta-narratives, emphasizes marginalized groups, and sees history as non-linear rather than progressive. It influenced fields like philosophy, literary criticism, and cultural studies.
The document discusses key themes and devices of postmodern literature, comparing it to modernism. Postmodern literature continues modernism's tendencies of alienation, discontinuity, and social individualism. It focuses on fragmentation, pastiche, and presenting unordered universes. Postmodernist critics like Jacques Lacan and Michel Foucault were academically trained in philosophy including Nietzsche, Marx, and Heidegger. The term "postmodernism" began being used in literature in the 1960s to describe styles like "black humor" and "fabulism".
This document discusses various concepts related to postmodernism, including theories proposed by theorists such as Fiske, Barthes, Derrida, Levi-Strauss, Genette, Baudrillard, Lyotard, Kramer, and Jameson. It examines ideas around intertextuality, genres, simulation, hyperreality, and rejection of grand narratives. Key concepts covered include codes, cultural knowledge, making sense of reality through other texts, circular referentiality, and pastiche vs parody.
The PPT throws light on these aspects viz, Postmodernism as a theory and as a movement, thematic features, characteristics, issues and problems in a nutshell.
This document discusses definitions and perspectives of postmodernism. It explores postmodernism as an economic/social development from modernism, an aesthetic/artistic change within modernism's values, and from the perspective of the history of ideas as two distinct eras. Key philosophers discussed include Lyotard, who viewed postmodernism as skepticism towards grand narratives, and Baudrillard's concept of simulacra and the proliferation of copies. The document also examines postmodernism's relationship to anti-colonial movements and defines several phases of capitalism that postmodernism developed from.
Postmodernism emerged in the late 20th century as a departure from modernism, characterized by a distrust of grand theories and ideologies. It began as a reaction against modernism in the 1970s, rejecting dogma and principles of established modernism. The term was first used in the late 19th century in various fields like painting and religion to describe changes beyond previous movements. Postmodernism applies to many artistic and literary movements that reacted against tendencies of modernism under capitalism. Postmodern literature relies on techniques like fragmentation and uses unreliable narrators.
Postmodernism literature emerged in the 1940s as a reaction to modernism. It lacks unified principles and is characterized by irony, playfulness, and black humor. Postmodern works blend genres and reference pop culture. Influential authors include Joseph Heller, Kurt Vonnegut, Thomas Pynchon, and Tim O'Brien, who use metafiction and paranoia in novels like Catch-22, Slaughterhouse Five, and The Things They Carried.
Postmodernism emerged in the late 20th century as a departure from modernism in the arts, architecture and criticism. It is characterized by mixing different styles and genres, distrusting objective theories to explain reality, and believing that reality is constructed by human interpretations rather than objectively reflecting the world. Postmodernism largely reacted against the idea that science could certainly explain reality, instead seeing reality as constructed through individual human understanding and interpretations of what the world means.
1) The document discusses different viewpoints on modernism, modernity, and modernization and their relationship to the modern world.
2) It explores the origins of the concept of modern humanity in the early 20th century and T.S. Eliot's critique of modern humanity's disbelief in God.
3) Modernism emerged in different places, including France in the 1840s influenced by the writings of Baudelaire, and the US in the early 20th century through poets like Eliot and Pound.
Postmodernism rejects the idea of grand narratives that define human experience. It views all concepts and meanings as social constructions rather than objective truths. Postmodernism emerged in the 1950s and became prominent in the 1980s. It combines old and new ideas from multiple sources to create something new. Postmodernists see reality as constructed and deconstruct meanings to reconstruct them differently. Key features include elements from different traditions, multiple narratives, disjointed stories, and questioning what is real.
difference between modernism and Postmodernism Sneha Agravat
1. Modernism flourished in the early 20th century and advocated rational thinking, while postmodernism emerged after World War II and believed in irrationality.
2. Modernism focused on interiority and the writer, used idiosyncratic language, and rejected realism, whereas postmodernism focused on exteriority and the reader, used parody and pastiche, and had an ambivalent stance toward realism.
3. The key differences between modernism and postmodernism relate to their philosophical stances, temporal periods, and literary techniques.
Postmodernism departs from modernism in the arts and is characterized by mixing styles and genres without preferences. It questions originality and theories, seeing everything as connected. Modernism believes new art forms are appropriate for their time and driven by social progress, seeing art movements as improvements until postmodernism reacted against a narrow theory of modernism.
This document discusses key concepts in postmodernism. It outlines how postmodernism breaks from modernism by resisting narratives of progress and universal truths. Jean-François Lyotard is discussed for introducing the idea of the collapse of "grand narratives" and meta-narratives. Jean Baudrillard explores how objects take on sign and symbolic value in consumer culture, and how the proliferation of images and signs can create a "hyperreality" that makes it hard to distinguish reality from simulation.
Modernism and Postmodernism are two cultural movements that show differences. Modernism occurred between the 1860s-1940s and valued original works and logical thinking. Postmodernism began after 1968 and questioned modernism, believing thinking was irrational and there was no absolute truth. It favored applied art over original works and used digital media.
This document summarizes key concepts from postmodern philosophy. It discusses theorists like Lyotard, Derrida, Foucault, Deleuze and Guattari, and feminist philosophers. Some of the main ideas discussed are Lyotard's concept of postmodernity as a shift in perception due to changes in knowledge production; Derrida's concept of differance and how it destabilizes meaning; Foucault's studies of power and marginalization; and Deleuze and Guattari's rejection of psychoanalytic theories. It also summarizes Lyotard's concepts of event, differend, and the sublime.
This document provides an overview of postmodernism and how it differs from modernism. Some key points:
1. Postmodernism rejects notions of objective truth, universal values, and the ability of reason to understand an independent reality. It sees reality as socially constructed rather than objectively existing.
2. Epistemologically, postmodernism denies that reason or any method leads to objective knowledge, instead emphasizing the subjectivity and conventionality of knowledge claims.
3. Postmodern accounts of human nature are collectivist and emphasize identity as socially constructed, along with conflict between social groups defined by attributes like gender, race, and class.
4. Postmodernism is presented as a philosophical departure from modernism
Postmodernism emerged in the late 20th century as a critique of modernism. It rejects the idea of grand narratives and absolute truths, instead embracing ambiguity and plurality of perspectives. Postmodern thinkers like Lyotard, Jameson, and Baudrillard analyzed how society has become dominated by images and media, lacking a clear sense of shared reality. While postmodernism highlighted diversity, it is criticized for being too pessimistic and for potentially undermining goals of modernity like democracy, freedom, and rational policymaking.
Post modern theory(critical interrogations) by Nadia SaeedNadiaSaeed20
This document provides a summary of the book "Postmodern Theory: Critical Interrogations" by Steven Best and Douglas Kellner. The book systematically analyzes postmodern theory and evaluates its relevance for critical social theory. It provides an introduction and critique of theorists like Foucault, Deleuze and Guattari, Baudrillard, and Lyotard. It also discusses postmodern feminist theory and the politics of identity. While postmodern theory provides insights, the authors argue it lacks adequate methodological and political perspectives for a critical social theory or radical politics. The document examines chapters on these various postmodern thinkers and their critiques of and departures from modernism.
Here's some slides I had to do for a modern theatre class. Hope you learn something new from it. I got most of these facts from different sources and have already cited the sources.
Modernism arose in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as a philosophical movement that promoted social progress through experimentation, science, and technology. Postmodernism emerged later in the 20th century as a departure from modernism, rejecting its assumptions and embracing contradictions and mass culture. Postmodernism is skeptical of ideas of progress and master narratives, viewing reason and science as ideologies, while modernism sees them as providing an objective foundation for knowledge.
The document provides an overview of postmodernism from three approaches: historical, stylistic, and theoretical. The historical approach views postmodernism as a reaction to modernism following events like World War I and II that eroded confidence in progress and rationality. The theoretical approach discusses postmodernist theorists like Lyotard, Baudrillard, and Jameson, who were skeptical of "grand narratives" and emphasized surface appearance over depth. The stylistic approach identifies key postmodern concepts like parody, pastiche, and hyperreality that texts exhibit to various degrees. Understanding postmodernism is important for analyzing films and TV shows.
This document lists the names of several housing projects built in the 1950s, including Captain Wendell O. Pruitt Homes in 1955, William L. Igoe Apartments in 1956, and George L. Vaughn Apartments in 1957. It also contains the words "Winners", "Memory", "Intervention", and "Connection" without additional context.
Nguyên tác: Bogdan de Barbaro - Department of Family Therapy, The Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum, Cracow, Poland, 21a Kopernika Str. 31-501 Kraków, Poland; E-mail: bogdandebarbaro@wp.pl
Nguồn:“Why does psychotherapy need postmodernism?”, Archives of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy,2008; 3:43–50
Nhóm dịch thuật: Tăng Thị Thanh Thảo, Nguyễn Thúy Oanh, Nguyễn Đức Tài, Trần Anh Vũ, Đặng Thị Kiều Giang
Hiệu đính: Nguyễn Minh Tiến
TÓM TẮT
Tác giả trình bày những yếu tố của nhãn quan hậu hiện đại đang hiện diện trong tâm lý trị liệu đương đại. Ngoài ra, ông cũng chỉ ra sự hữu dụng của một số kỹ thuật trị liệu phản ảnh khuynh hướng đặc trưng cho nhãn quan hậu hiện đại. Nhãn quan kiến tạo xã hội (social constructionist) cùng tính hữu dụng của nó trong liệu pháp gia đình cũng được miêu tả song song khi đề cập đến những tiện ích cũng như những mối nguy khi áp dụng nhãn quan hậu hiện đại trong tâm lý trị liệu.
The PPT throws light on these aspects viz, Postmodernism as a theory and as a movement, thematic features, characteristics, issues and problems in a nutshell.
This document discusses definitions and perspectives of postmodernism. It explores postmodernism as an economic/social development from modernism, an aesthetic/artistic change within modernism's values, and from the perspective of the history of ideas as two distinct eras. Key philosophers discussed include Lyotard, who viewed postmodernism as skepticism towards grand narratives, and Baudrillard's concept of simulacra and the proliferation of copies. The document also examines postmodernism's relationship to anti-colonial movements and defines several phases of capitalism that postmodernism developed from.
Postmodernism emerged in the late 20th century as a departure from modernism, characterized by a distrust of grand theories and ideologies. It began as a reaction against modernism in the 1970s, rejecting dogma and principles of established modernism. The term was first used in the late 19th century in various fields like painting and religion to describe changes beyond previous movements. Postmodernism applies to many artistic and literary movements that reacted against tendencies of modernism under capitalism. Postmodern literature relies on techniques like fragmentation and uses unreliable narrators.
Postmodernism literature emerged in the 1940s as a reaction to modernism. It lacks unified principles and is characterized by irony, playfulness, and black humor. Postmodern works blend genres and reference pop culture. Influential authors include Joseph Heller, Kurt Vonnegut, Thomas Pynchon, and Tim O'Brien, who use metafiction and paranoia in novels like Catch-22, Slaughterhouse Five, and The Things They Carried.
Postmodernism emerged in the late 20th century as a departure from modernism in the arts, architecture and criticism. It is characterized by mixing different styles and genres, distrusting objective theories to explain reality, and believing that reality is constructed by human interpretations rather than objectively reflecting the world. Postmodernism largely reacted against the idea that science could certainly explain reality, instead seeing reality as constructed through individual human understanding and interpretations of what the world means.
1) The document discusses different viewpoints on modernism, modernity, and modernization and their relationship to the modern world.
2) It explores the origins of the concept of modern humanity in the early 20th century and T.S. Eliot's critique of modern humanity's disbelief in God.
3) Modernism emerged in different places, including France in the 1840s influenced by the writings of Baudelaire, and the US in the early 20th century through poets like Eliot and Pound.
Postmodernism rejects the idea of grand narratives that define human experience. It views all concepts and meanings as social constructions rather than objective truths. Postmodernism emerged in the 1950s and became prominent in the 1980s. It combines old and new ideas from multiple sources to create something new. Postmodernists see reality as constructed and deconstruct meanings to reconstruct them differently. Key features include elements from different traditions, multiple narratives, disjointed stories, and questioning what is real.
difference between modernism and Postmodernism Sneha Agravat
1. Modernism flourished in the early 20th century and advocated rational thinking, while postmodernism emerged after World War II and believed in irrationality.
2. Modernism focused on interiority and the writer, used idiosyncratic language, and rejected realism, whereas postmodernism focused on exteriority and the reader, used parody and pastiche, and had an ambivalent stance toward realism.
3. The key differences between modernism and postmodernism relate to their philosophical stances, temporal periods, and literary techniques.
Postmodernism departs from modernism in the arts and is characterized by mixing styles and genres without preferences. It questions originality and theories, seeing everything as connected. Modernism believes new art forms are appropriate for their time and driven by social progress, seeing art movements as improvements until postmodernism reacted against a narrow theory of modernism.
This document discusses key concepts in postmodernism. It outlines how postmodernism breaks from modernism by resisting narratives of progress and universal truths. Jean-François Lyotard is discussed for introducing the idea of the collapse of "grand narratives" and meta-narratives. Jean Baudrillard explores how objects take on sign and symbolic value in consumer culture, and how the proliferation of images and signs can create a "hyperreality" that makes it hard to distinguish reality from simulation.
Modernism and Postmodernism are two cultural movements that show differences. Modernism occurred between the 1860s-1940s and valued original works and logical thinking. Postmodernism began after 1968 and questioned modernism, believing thinking was irrational and there was no absolute truth. It favored applied art over original works and used digital media.
This document summarizes key concepts from postmodern philosophy. It discusses theorists like Lyotard, Derrida, Foucault, Deleuze and Guattari, and feminist philosophers. Some of the main ideas discussed are Lyotard's concept of postmodernity as a shift in perception due to changes in knowledge production; Derrida's concept of differance and how it destabilizes meaning; Foucault's studies of power and marginalization; and Deleuze and Guattari's rejection of psychoanalytic theories. It also summarizes Lyotard's concepts of event, differend, and the sublime.
This document provides an overview of postmodernism and how it differs from modernism. Some key points:
1. Postmodernism rejects notions of objective truth, universal values, and the ability of reason to understand an independent reality. It sees reality as socially constructed rather than objectively existing.
2. Epistemologically, postmodernism denies that reason or any method leads to objective knowledge, instead emphasizing the subjectivity and conventionality of knowledge claims.
3. Postmodern accounts of human nature are collectivist and emphasize identity as socially constructed, along with conflict between social groups defined by attributes like gender, race, and class.
4. Postmodernism is presented as a philosophical departure from modernism
Postmodernism emerged in the late 20th century as a critique of modernism. It rejects the idea of grand narratives and absolute truths, instead embracing ambiguity and plurality of perspectives. Postmodern thinkers like Lyotard, Jameson, and Baudrillard analyzed how society has become dominated by images and media, lacking a clear sense of shared reality. While postmodernism highlighted diversity, it is criticized for being too pessimistic and for potentially undermining goals of modernity like democracy, freedom, and rational policymaking.
Post modern theory(critical interrogations) by Nadia SaeedNadiaSaeed20
This document provides a summary of the book "Postmodern Theory: Critical Interrogations" by Steven Best and Douglas Kellner. The book systematically analyzes postmodern theory and evaluates its relevance for critical social theory. It provides an introduction and critique of theorists like Foucault, Deleuze and Guattari, Baudrillard, and Lyotard. It also discusses postmodern feminist theory and the politics of identity. While postmodern theory provides insights, the authors argue it lacks adequate methodological and political perspectives for a critical social theory or radical politics. The document examines chapters on these various postmodern thinkers and their critiques of and departures from modernism.
Here's some slides I had to do for a modern theatre class. Hope you learn something new from it. I got most of these facts from different sources and have already cited the sources.
Modernism arose in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as a philosophical movement that promoted social progress through experimentation, science, and technology. Postmodernism emerged later in the 20th century as a departure from modernism, rejecting its assumptions and embracing contradictions and mass culture. Postmodernism is skeptical of ideas of progress and master narratives, viewing reason and science as ideologies, while modernism sees them as providing an objective foundation for knowledge.
The document provides an overview of postmodernism from three approaches: historical, stylistic, and theoretical. The historical approach views postmodernism as a reaction to modernism following events like World War I and II that eroded confidence in progress and rationality. The theoretical approach discusses postmodernist theorists like Lyotard, Baudrillard, and Jameson, who were skeptical of "grand narratives" and emphasized surface appearance over depth. The stylistic approach identifies key postmodern concepts like parody, pastiche, and hyperreality that texts exhibit to various degrees. Understanding postmodernism is important for analyzing films and TV shows.
This document lists the names of several housing projects built in the 1950s, including Captain Wendell O. Pruitt Homes in 1955, William L. Igoe Apartments in 1956, and George L. Vaughn Apartments in 1957. It also contains the words "Winners", "Memory", "Intervention", and "Connection" without additional context.
Nguyên tác: Bogdan de Barbaro - Department of Family Therapy, The Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum, Cracow, Poland, 21a Kopernika Str. 31-501 Kraków, Poland; E-mail: bogdandebarbaro@wp.pl
Nguồn:“Why does psychotherapy need postmodernism?”, Archives of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy,2008; 3:43–50
Nhóm dịch thuật: Tăng Thị Thanh Thảo, Nguyễn Thúy Oanh, Nguyễn Đức Tài, Trần Anh Vũ, Đặng Thị Kiều Giang
Hiệu đính: Nguyễn Minh Tiến
TÓM TẮT
Tác giả trình bày những yếu tố của nhãn quan hậu hiện đại đang hiện diện trong tâm lý trị liệu đương đại. Ngoài ra, ông cũng chỉ ra sự hữu dụng của một số kỹ thuật trị liệu phản ảnh khuynh hướng đặc trưng cho nhãn quan hậu hiện đại. Nhãn quan kiến tạo xã hội (social constructionist) cùng tính hữu dụng của nó trong liệu pháp gia đình cũng được miêu tả song song khi đề cập đến những tiện ích cũng như những mối nguy khi áp dụng nhãn quan hậu hiện đại trong tâm lý trị liệu.
The document outlines the syllabus for an introductory architecture course. It includes topics that will be covered each week such as the history of architecture, needs and wants in architecture, and the roles and objectives of architecture. It also details the grading components including lectures, mid-term and final tests, assignments, and attendance. Students will be evaluated on their ability to remember, understand, apply, analyze, and create in relation to architectural concepts.
This document provides an overview of postmodern architectural history and theory from the late modern period in the 1960s through developments in the 1970s and beyond. It discusses key architects and projects that questioned modernist tenets like form following function, including Robert Venturi's rejection of modernism as "boring." It also covers Charles Jencks declaring the "death of modern architecture" in 1972 when the Pruitt-Igoe housing project was demolished, and the rise of pluralism, metaphor, and deconstruction in postmodern thought. The document traces the evolution of postmodernism and its rejection of universal styles in favor of multiple approaches.
The document discusses the evolution of postmodern architectural history and theory. It provides 11 key points about postmodernism according to Charles Jencks, including that it embraces pluralism, ambiguity, and uses irony to juxtapose opposites. Jencks also notes that postmodernism incorporates the modern, and represents a culture with a sense of departure but no clear direction. The document explores themes of postmodern architecture like historicism, eclecticism, and reconciling old and new generations.
Modernism arose in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in response to changes in Western society from industrialization. It rejected traditional forms of art, religion, and social organization as outdated. Modernism was marked by an intentional break from tradition and conservative views. Postmodernism emerged as a critique of modernism in the 1970s, abandoning strict modernist geometry for more flowing, embellished designs and a return to ornamentation on buildings. Postmodern urban areas are characterized by ethnic diversity, multinodal structures, spectacular centers, and high social polarization distinguished by consumption patterns.
Robert Venturi was a prominent American architect known for coining the phrase "Less is a bore" and helping redirect architecture away from modernism. Some of his notable works include the Vanna Venturi House built in 1962-1964, which featured an asymmetrical facade and centralized chimney. He also designed Freedom Plaza in Washington D.C. in 1980, which uses stonework and inlaid designs and is raised above street level.
Modern architecture emerged in the early 20th century due to advances in technology and a desire to reconcile architectural design with modern society. It is characterized by simplified forms, subtraction of ornamentation, and an emphasis on function over decoration. Common themes include expressing the structure of a building and using industrially produced materials like steel and glass. The International Style popularized principles like "form follows function" that shaped urban planning and building design in the modern era.
Postmodern architecture emerged in the 1960s as a rejection of the strict functionalism of modern architecture. It sought to reintroduce ornamentation, color, and references to historical styles. Key characteristics included drawing from multiple sources rather than pure forms, moving away from neutral colors, and taking elements from different styles and combining them in new ways. Notable postmodern architects included Robert Venturi, Philip Johnson, and Michael Graves.
Postmodernism emerged after modernism and is characterized by:
1) A rejection of grand narratives and embracing complexity, ambiguity and contradiction.
2) Self-reflexivity, irony, parody and a breakdown of high/low cultural forms.
3) Using styles from the past out of their original contexts and questioning traditional ideas about realism.
4) A fear of late capitalism, technology and surveillance coupled with a sense of disorientation.
modern, post-modern architects & their worksgarima23g
this presentation deals with the modern architecture- a few architects of modernist time and their famous works.
it also contains post-modern architecture and architects with their famous works.....!!
Modernist architecture emerged in the late 19th to early 20th century as a philosophical movement to reconcile architectural design with technological advancement. It emphasized form following function through simplicity and clarity. Postmodernist architecture arose in the late 20th century as a reaction against modernism, replacing its functional forms with diverse aesthetics through pluralism, irony, and contextual references. Notable modernist architects included Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier, while postmodernists included Michael Graves and Philip Johnson.
Dr Simon Duffy gave this talk to lecturers, practitioners and students in social work at Kingston University, London. He explores the underlying causes of the severe crisis in social care and suggest what we can do about it.
This document discusses various architectural styles throughout history including organic architecture, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, the International style, Mid-Century modern, Postmodern architecture. It provides examples of famous buildings for each style like Fallingwater by Frank Lloyd Wright for organic architecture and Casa Milà by Antoni Gaudí for Art Nouveau. The document asks questions at the end about how surroundings affect feelings and preferences for architectural styles.
Post-Modern Architecture and the architects involoved in it.Rohit Arora
Contains the comparison between modern architecture and post-modern architecture. The reasons that led to post-modern architecture. The architects who made important buildings with post-modern architecture.
Postmodernism is difficult to define but can be understood through three approaches: historical, stylistic, and theoretical. Historically, it emerged as a reaction against modernism and its ideals of progress, reason, and objective truth. Theoretically, thinkers like Lyotard, Baudrillard, and Jameson analyzed postmodernism's rejection of "grand narratives" and emphasis on surface and pastiche over depth. Stylistically, postmodern texts play with conventions, embrace uncertainty, and reference other works through parody and pastiche.
The Impact Of Postmodernism
The Pros And Cons Of Postmodernism
post modernism Essay examples
An Overview of Postmodernism Essay
Postmodern World, By Jean-François Lyotard
Essay on Modern and Post-Modernism Architecture
Postmodernism in Literature
Essay On Postmodernism
Postmodernism : A Consensus On Postmodernism
Postmodernism Essay
Postmodernism And Its Impact On Society
Modernism And Postmodernism
Differences Between Modern And Postmodernism
Postmodernism: The Movement in Life Essay
The Transition to Postmodernism Essay
Postmodernism Essay
Postmodernism : Modernism And Postmodernism
Postmodernism: Christian Worldview
Modernism vs Postmodernism Essay
Postmodernism first entered philosophical discourse in 1979 with Jean-François Lyotard's book "The Postmodern Condition". Lyotard used concepts from Wittgenstein and speech act theory to account for changes in science, art, and literature since the late 19th century. There is no consensus on when postmodernism began, with suggestions ranging from the mid-1960s to the 1980s. Postmodernism rejects universal narratives and values plurality and difference over essentialism. It challenges notions of objective truth and rationality from the Enlightenment era. Major postmodern thinkers include Lyotard, Baudrillard, Derrida, Foucault, and Barthes, who developed concepts like simulation, deconstruction,
The document discusses post-modernism from three perspectives: historical, theoretical, and stylistic. Historically, post-modernism reacted against modernism and its notions of progress, objectivity, and certainty. Theoretically, key theorists like Lyotard, Baudrillard, and Jameson interpreted post-modernism as rejecting grand narratives and distinguishing reality from images. Stylistically, post-modern works embody skepticism of modern ideals and play with conventions rather than presenting objective truths.
Postmodernism developed as a reaction against modernism and its ideals of progress, reason, and objective truth. There are three approaches to understanding postmodernism: historical, stylistic, and theoretical. The historical approach views postmodernism in relation to modernism and key events like World War I and II that eroded beliefs in science and human progress. Theorists like Lyotard, Baudrillard, and Jameson established postmodernism theoretically by rejecting grand narratives, arguing reality is mediated through images, and seeing postmodern works as lacking depth. Stylistically, postmodern works are playful, blur genres, and reference other works through parody and pastiche.
Postmodernism developed as a reaction against modernism and its ideals of objectivity, rationality, and absolute truth. Postmodernism rejects the idea of grand narratives and universal principles, instead embracing ambiguity and uncertainty. It emerged in the late 20th century across various disciplines like art, literature, philosophy, and architecture. Postmodernism is characterized by fragmentation, paradox, subjective viewpoints, and challenging traditional norms and structures.
This document discusses Postmodernism and its impact on geography. It begins by defining Postmodernism and distinguishing it from Modernism. Some key characteristics of Postmodernism include relativism, rejecting grand narratives, and skepticism of science. Postmodernism emerged in the 1970s and is marked by fragmentation, paradox, unreliable narrators, and self-reference in literature. In geography, Postmodernism led to a rejection of comprehensive theories and an emphasis on difference, context, and critique. While Postmodernism challenges conventional thinking, it also makes analysis more complex and does not always provide solutions. The document concludes by discussing the importance of understanding Postmodern thinking to analyze today's multicultural, multidimensional societies.
This document provides an overview of modernism and postmodernism by comparing their key differences. Modernism arose in the early 20th century and championed science and individualism, while postmodernism emerged after World War II and challenged universal truths by embracing eclecticism. The document outlines some of the major differences between the two movements, such as modernism focusing on singular truths versus postmodernism embracing pluralism and diversity of meanings. It also discusses how their influences extended to various artistic and intellectual fields.
Modernism (1890s-1945) emphasized rational thinking and objective truth, while postmodernism (post-WWII) rejected objective truth and embraced subjectivity. Modernism sought to construct a coherent worldview through science and reason, whereas postmodernism removed distinctions between high and low culture. Postmodernism also denied the ability to learn from or find truth in texts about the past.
This CD contains educational materials about postmodernism for classroom use. It includes introductory videos and articles that define postmodernism, describe notable contributors like Foucault and Jameson, and discuss criticisms such as postmodernism being meaningless or politically motivated. The CD also includes discussion questions and a bibliography of sources on postmodernism. Usage of the CD is restricted to schools that have purchased it from the producer.
POST-MODERNISM in india and along asian countriesJishnuShaji12
Postmodernism rejects modernity and established ideas and institutions. It believes in subjectivity over objectivity and rejects universal theories or "metanarratives". Postmodern geography emerged in the 1980s, influenced by postmodern thinkers who challenged the focus on order and objectivity in modernism. Key postmodern geographers like Edward Soja and David Harvey analyzed how postmodern ideas shaped new cultural and social landscapes in cities and society with a focus on pluralism and changing concepts of space. While initially controversial, postmodernism became an established part of geographic thought and analysis over the late 20th century.
Postmodernism Essay
Essay On Postmodernism
An Overview of Postmodernism Essay
The Impact Of Postmodernism
Essay on Postmodern condition
Postmodernism Essay
Postmodern Art Essay
This document provides an overview of postmodernism and its approach to history, with a focus on the philosopher Keith Jenkins. It defines postmodernity as the condition that exists after modernity, characterized by a post-industrial world with emerging nation-states and service economies. Postmodernism is defined as a skeptical philosophy that rejects universal truths and views knowledge as localized and unstable. Postmodernists were critical of the notion of objective history, seeing it as a reconstruction shaped by those in power. Keith Jenkins takes this further, arguing that historians invent as much as they find facts, and construct history from an ideological position in the present rather than objectively representing the past as it was.
This document discusses postmodernism and how it reacted against modernism. Postmodernism questions scientific theories and allows for more subjectivity compared to modernism. It emphasizes inclusion, freedom, and cooperation in society. Postmodernism lacks a clear doctrine but is evident in the distinction between eras from the 1860s to 1950s and from the 1950s to present day. It advocates for inclusivity and democracy by recognizing unjust perspectives.
Postmodern geography emerged as a reaction to modernism and its emphasis on grand theories and rational explanations of human behavior and society. Postmodernism rejects the idea of objective truth and universal reason, instead emphasizing particular perspectives and pluralism. It first appeared in fields like architecture and literature before being incorporated into geography starting in the 1970s. Postmodern geographers reject meta-narratives and focus on specific contexts and differences in space. They also aim to restore the importance of geography by emphasizing how spatial factors shape social and economic processes. However, postmodern geography has been criticized for potentially promoting intellectual nihilism and for deemphasizing important concepts like social class.
This document outlines four major cultural movements in Western history:
1. The Renaissance, which began in 14th century Italy and involved a revival of classical art and literature. Major figures included Petrarch, Poggio Bracciolini, and Machiavelli.
2. The Age of Enlightenment in the 18th century, which emphasized reason and science over tradition. Major figures were Spinoza, Locke, Bayle, Newton, and Voltaire.
3. Modernism from the late 19th to mid-20th century, beginning as a reaction to rapid technological change. It influenced painting and literature through techniques like stream-of-consciousness.
4. Postmodern
How to Make a Field Mandatory in Odoo 17Celine George
In Odoo, making a field required can be done through both Python code and XML views. When you set the required attribute to True in Python code, it makes the field required across all views where it's used. Conversely, when you set the required attribute in XML views, it makes the field required only in the context of that particular view.
Walmart Business+ and Spark Good for Nonprofits.pdfTechSoup
"Learn about all the ways Walmart supports nonprofit organizations.
You will hear from Liz Willett, the Head of Nonprofits, and hear about what Walmart is doing to help nonprofits, including Walmart Business and Spark Good. Walmart Business+ is a new offer for nonprofits that offers discounts and also streamlines nonprofits order and expense tracking, saving time and money.
The webinar may also give some examples on how nonprofits can best leverage Walmart Business+.
The event will cover the following::
Walmart Business + (https://business.walmart.com/plus) is a new shopping experience for nonprofits, schools, and local business customers that connects an exclusive online shopping experience to stores. Benefits include free delivery and shipping, a 'Spend Analytics” feature, special discounts, deals and tax-exempt shopping.
Special TechSoup offer for a free 180 days membership, and up to $150 in discounts on eligible orders.
Spark Good (walmart.com/sparkgood) is a charitable platform that enables nonprofits to receive donations directly from customers and associates.
Answers about how you can do more with Walmart!"
Communicating effectively and consistently with students can help them feel at ease during their learning experience and provide the instructor with a communication trail to track the course's progress. This workshop will take you through constructing an engaging course container to facilitate effective communication.
LAND USE LAND COVER AND NDVI OF MIRZAPUR DISTRICT, UPRAHUL
This Dissertation explores the particular circumstances of Mirzapur, a region located in the
core of India. Mirzapur, with its varied terrains and abundant biodiversity, offers an optimal
environment for investigating the changes in vegetation cover dynamics. Our study utilizes
advanced technologies such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Remote sensing to
analyze the transformations that have taken place over the course of a decade.
The complex relationship between human activities and the environment has been the focus
of extensive research and worry. As the global community grapples with swift urbanization,
population expansion, and economic progress, the effects on natural ecosystems are becoming
more evident. A crucial element of this impact is the alteration of vegetation cover, which plays a
significant role in maintaining the ecological equilibrium of our planet.Land serves as the foundation for all human activities and provides the necessary materials for
these activities. As the most crucial natural resource, its utilization by humans results in different
'Land uses,' which are determined by both human activities and the physical characteristics of the
land.
The utilization of land is impacted by human needs and environmental factors. In countries
like India, rapid population growth and the emphasis on extensive resource exploitation can lead
to significant land degradation, adversely affecting the region's land cover.
Therefore, human intervention has significantly influenced land use patterns over many
centuries, evolving its structure over time and space. In the present era, these changes have
accelerated due to factors such as agriculture and urbanization. Information regarding land use and
cover is essential for various planning and management tasks related to the Earth's surface,
providing crucial environmental data for scientific, resource management, policy purposes, and
diverse human activities.
Accurate understanding of land use and cover is imperative for the development planning
of any area. Consequently, a wide range of professionals, including earth system scientists, land
and water managers, and urban planners, are interested in obtaining data on land use and cover
changes, conversion trends, and other related patterns. The spatial dimensions of land use and
cover support policymakers and scientists in making well-informed decisions, as alterations in
these patterns indicate shifts in economic and social conditions. Monitoring such changes with the
help of Advanced technologies like Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems is
crucial for coordinated efforts across different administrative levels. Advanced technologies like
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
9
Changes in vegetation cover refer to variations in the distribution, composition, and overall
structure of plant communities across different temporal and spatial scales. These changes can
occur natural.
How to Setup Warehouse & Location in Odoo 17 InventoryCeline George
In this slide, we'll explore how to set up warehouses and locations in Odoo 17 Inventory. This will help us manage our stock effectively, track inventory levels, and streamline warehouse operations.
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering.pptxDenish Jangid
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering
Syllabus
Chapter-1
Introduction to objective, scope and outcome the subject
Chapter 2
Introduction: Scope and Specialization of Civil Engineering, Role of civil Engineer in Society, Impact of infrastructural development on economy of country.
Chapter 3
Surveying: Object Principles & Types of Surveying; Site Plans, Plans & Maps; Scales & Unit of different Measurements.
Linear Measurements: Instruments used. Linear Measurement by Tape, Ranging out Survey Lines and overcoming Obstructions; Measurements on sloping ground; Tape corrections, conventional symbols. Angular Measurements: Instruments used; Introduction to Compass Surveying, Bearings and Longitude & Latitude of a Line, Introduction to total station.
Levelling: Instrument used Object of levelling, Methods of levelling in brief, and Contour maps.
Chapter 4
Buildings: Selection of site for Buildings, Layout of Building Plan, Types of buildings, Plinth area, carpet area, floor space index, Introduction to building byelaws, concept of sun light & ventilation. Components of Buildings & their functions, Basic concept of R.C.C., Introduction to types of foundation
Chapter 5
Transportation: Introduction to Transportation Engineering; Traffic and Road Safety: Types and Characteristics of Various Modes of Transportation; Various Road Traffic Signs, Causes of Accidents and Road Safety Measures.
Chapter 6
Environmental Engineering: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Acts and Regulations, Functional Concepts of Ecology, Basics of Species, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Hydrological Cycle; Chemical Cycles: Carbon, Nitrogen & Phosphorus; Energy Flow in Ecosystems.
Water Pollution: Water Quality standards, Introduction to Treatment & Disposal of Waste Water. Reuse and Saving of Water, Rain Water Harvesting. Solid Waste Management: Classification of Solid Waste, Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Solid. Recycling of Solid Waste: Energy Recovery, Sanitary Landfill, On-Site Sanitation. Air & Noise Pollution: Primary and Secondary air pollutants, Harmful effects of Air Pollution, Control of Air Pollution. . Noise Pollution Harmful Effects of noise pollution, control of noise pollution, Global warming & Climate Change, Ozone depletion, Greenhouse effect
Text Books:
1. Palancharmy, Basic Civil Engineering, McGraw Hill publishers.
2. Satheesh Gopi, Basic Civil Engineering, Pearson Publishers.
3. Ketki Rangwala Dalal, Essentials of Civil Engineering, Charotar Publishing House.
4. BCP, Surveying volume 1
This document provides an overview of wound healing, its functions, stages, mechanisms, factors affecting it, and complications.
A wound is a break in the integrity of the skin or tissues, which may be associated with disruption of the structure and function.
Healing is the body’s response to injury in an attempt to restore normal structure and functions.
Healing can occur in two ways: Regeneration and Repair
There are 4 phases of wound healing: hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. This document also describes the mechanism of wound healing. Factors that affect healing include infection, uncontrolled diabetes, poor nutrition, age, anemia, the presence of foreign bodies, etc.
Complications of wound healing like infection, hyperpigmentation of scar, contractures, and keloid formation.
Beyond Degrees - Empowering the Workforce in the Context of Skills-First.pptxEduSkills OECD
Iván Bornacelly, Policy Analyst at the OECD Centre for Skills, OECD, presents at the webinar 'Tackling job market gaps with a skills-first approach' on 12 June 2024
it describes the bony anatomy including the femoral head , acetabulum, labrum . also discusses the capsule , ligaments . muscle that act on the hip joint and the range of motion are outlined. factors affecting hip joint stability and weight transmission through the joint are summarized.
8. Modern[ism] died in
St. Louis, Missouri
on July 15, 1972
at 3.32 pm…
Charles Jencks
The New Paradigm in Architecture:
The Language of Post-Modernism
11. What is Postmodernism?
It must first be stated that the very term
“Postmodernism” in itself is a highly
debated topic.
There exists much debate about whether the
conditions described as Postmodern are at
all unique and new, or if said conditions
even exist…
12. (UN/)FORTUNATELY…
For us, the very debate surrounding the term
is evidence enough that as educated people
we must consider the ideas associated with
the term.
And what’s more, the term has become an
indispensable name for a way of thinking
about literature, which clearly concerns us.
15. On the left we have On the right is a semin
Modernist architect instance
Minoru Yamasaki’s 1954 Postmodern Architectu
Pruitt-Igoe housing The Portland Build
projects in St. Louis. It is
an example of Modernist in Portland was design
style called: by Michael Graves a
completed in 198
International Style.
16. Modernism vs. Postmodernism
We started here with architecture because
contained within each of these two buildings is
the respective ideologies of Modernism and
Postmodernism.
The suggestion here is that Postmodernism
comes after and out of Modernism. And as
architect Charles Jencks suggested, the
moment of transition from Modernism to
Postmodernism happened July 15, 1972
at 3.32 pm with the demolition of Pruitt-Igoe.
17. Now the exact date here is somewhat
irrelevant, as Jencks means more to make a
firm point about the death of modernism in
general than he has any concern for the
exact time.
And we have chosen architecture as a
launch point for 2 reasons: first,
architecture provides a clear example of the
visual aesthetics associated with each
movement; and second…
18. …our first contrast was architecture
because architecture is a concrete
reflection of the cultural and economic
conditions from which it arises.
So, then, we should begin to see that
Postmodernism is not purely an aesthetic
style, but something more. This something
more includes cultural and economic
conditions. More precisely, Postmodernism
names a change in the cultural and
economic conditions that help to constitute
the western world.
19. Literary Modernism
But what are these changes? How does
Postmodernism differ from Modernism?
Well if we recall our thinking about
modernism in terms of our study of literature,
we might find ourselves at a dead halt.
Literary Modernism and general Postmodern
thought share a lot of the same
presumptions. But we’ll come back to this.
20. Cultural Modernism
However, if we (briefly) recall, cultural
Modernism had its origin in Enlightenment
thought. I.e. …
Immanuel Kant G.W.F. Hegel Karl Marx
1724-1804 1770-1831 1818-1883
21. Enlightenment
Kant: thought science would usher in human
progress by uniting experience and reason…
Hegel: thought history was driving toward
utopia (History’s end) by way of a dialectical
resolution of all conflict…
Marx: thought all industrial societies resolved
conflict by moving through stages of economic
systems, such that the end of history was the
logical progression from capitalism to
communism…
22. From Enlightenment to Modernism
Kant, Hegel, and Marx all shared a belief in
the progress of human kind. That the world’s
peoples were in constant motion toward a
better future.
Each thinker shared the belief that Universal
Reason was the means by which such
progress would happen.
23. Modernism
Kant, Hegel, and Marx helped to lay the
foundation for our “Modern” way of thinking.
As moderns, we ourselves believed that science
and reason could show an objective truth that
would free all of mankind from the irrationality
of the past.
In modernity, the Industrial Revolution and
Capitalism are the manifestations of this
Universal Reason.
24. Post-Modernism?
So if science and capitalism are forms of
universal truth that Modernism has employed
in the name of progress, then what is Post-
Modernism?
And further, if we still practice science and
capitalism, then how have we moved
beyond modernism?
25. Postmodernism.
This now is the moment where we can start
to get a sense of just what Postmodernism is.
Postmodernism is the name often attributed
to the cultural changes that have occurred
since Modernism took hold during the 19th
century.
These changes can be understood in 3
registers:
26. The 3 registers of Postmodernism
1. Postmodernity: names the broad changes
occurring in the cultural and economic conditions of
the Western World since the 19th century.
2. Postmodernism: is the thought that attempts to
account for, determine the origin of, and criticize
these conditions.
3. Postmodern: can be seen as the name for the
individuals living within these conditions, and so also
name the art, literature, music, and other cultural
activity that we Postmoderns engage in.
27. Postmodern Thought
In understanding Postmodernism it is
essential that we get a sense of just what
Postmoderns think. The easiest way to do
this is compare and contrast Modernism with
Postmodernism.
So we’ll start with some terms common to
each that oppose each other.
28. MO vs. POMO
-Progress -Change
-The West - Global
-Universal Truth -Relative Truth
-objectivity -Perspectivism
-Identity -Difference
-Freedom -Choice
-Hierarchy -non-Hierarchical
-Unity -Diversity
29. Difference
What we see in our loose table here is a shift
in thinking. Where the Modernists believed
in Universal Truth and Reason as key to the
progress of a unified human race,
Postmoderns question the validity of the
assumptions that the Modernist insistence on
progress is based on.
30. Linguistic Difference
The Postmoderns place a huge stock in the
idea that language produces our reality. As
a consequence of this, any attempt at
universalizing thought is seen as totalitarian
or hegemonic. Where the moderns use tools
like science, math, symbolic logic, or some
other language to communicate ideas and
truths clearly, the Postmoderns feel that
these truths are being constructed by the
very language that structures the method of
investigation.
31. What?
To simplify, Postmoderns believe that
favoring any one way of thinking over
another leads to the destruction of
alternative ways of thinking about the
world, thereby destroying diversity and the
possibility of different ways of thinking.
After all, if science is the only truth, what
good is literature?
32. Postmodern Thinkers
It might be helpful now to take a jaunt
through some of the big names in
Postmodern thinking. These thinkers range
from philosophers and literary critics to
economists, psychologists, and linguists.
And with each name, we’ll briefly try to
gather how they think about the world. Feel
free to peruse their ideas or just glance at
their names…
33. Postmodern Thinkers: Foundations
Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844 – 1900, is a
German philosopher considered by
many to be the progenitor of
Postmodern thought. He is famous for
questioning the foundations of western
rationality suggesting that the
perspective from which one
investigates reality shapes his or
results. His essay “On Truth and Lies in
the Extra-Moral Sense” is considered
by many to be the manifesto of
Postmodern thought.
34. Postmodern Thinkers: Foundations
Martin Heidegger, 1889-1976, a
German philosopher whose book opus,
Being and Time, is considered one of
the most influential works of
philosophy in history. Heidegger, like
Nietzsche, questioned the foundations
of Western thought, while providing an
alternative way of thinking about
humanity’s relation to the world.
Heidegger is often considered the
father of existentialism, though he
rejected French existentialism on the
grounds of its Humanism.
35. Postmodern Thinkers of the 60’s
Jacques Lacan Jean-Francois Michel Foucault Jacques Derrida
1901-1982 Lyotard 1926-1984 1930-2004
Pioneering French 1924-1981 French Sociologist French philosopher
Psychoanalyst who French philosopher who analyzed &literary critic who
showed how who wrote The history to show the showed how
culture and Postmodern way political knowledge and
language construct Condition: A power has been truth
subjectivity Report on wielded to “deconstruct”
Knowledge construct truth themselves through
language
36. Postmodern Art
Now that we know who some of the thinkers of
Postmodernity are, we would do well to look at
some example of Postmodern art.
And to aid in recognizing the change from
Modern Art to the Postmodern, we’ll view the
styles side by side (as like with Pruitt-Igoe and
the Portland Building).
37. Modern Postmodern
In Painting…
< Guernica (1937)
Picasso (Modern)
Girl with a Tear III (1977)
Roy Lichtenstein (Postmodern)>
38. Modern Postmodern
In Sculpture…
Something Pacific
Nam June Paik (1986) (below)
Unique Forms of Continuity in Space
Umberto Boccioni (1913)^
39. Modern Postmodern
In Architecture…
Seagram Building in New York Piazza d'Italia in New Orleans
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Charles Moore (1978)
& Phillip Johnson (1958)
40. Modern Postmodern
In Classical Music…
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky Phillip Glass
1882-1971 1937-(Alive)
Russian Composer American Composer
41. Modern Postmodern
In Pop Music…
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra Devo
1915-1998 1972-Present
American Singer American Punk/New Wave
42. Modern Postmodern
In Film…
The Searchers Blue Velvet
1956 1986
John Ford David Lynch
43. Literary Modernism and
Postmodernism
Now finally, and as most relevant to our course of study,
we should clarify the subtle, if existing, differences
between modern and postmodern literature.
As we have seen in our studies of literary modernism so
far there is the tendency to be highly self-reflective
(Proust), to show the break down or dysfunction of
social norms (Pirandello), as well as the fragmentation
of narrative, questions of identity, the validity of
universal truth, etc.
All these things sound very postmodern…
44. Literary Pomo
What should become (un/)clear is the relationship
between literary modernism and postmodernism
seems vexed. This is partly because the expression
of postmodern thought finds a lot of its basis in the
ideas of modern literature. That is Modernist
literature has been a sort of trailblazer for cultural
thinking, ahead of its time.
We can, however, sort out at least 3 distinct
differences between literary modernism and
postmodernism we should attempt to recognize.
45. 3 Characteristics of Lit. Pomo
1. Lit. POMO recognizes diversity by attempting to give cultural
others their own voice. In modern novel’s like Conrad’s Heart of
Darkness non-westerner’s are merely described.
2. Reference and Allusion in Modernist lit. is high brow making
references to high culture, like in James Joyce’s Ulysses which has
Homer’s The Odyssey as its implied backdrop. Pomo lit. (and
architecture esp.) makes references to pop culture, things low-brow,
think the Simpsons.
3. Last, the fragmentation persistent in modernist lit. usually has
some coherence about it, i.e. the fragmentation ultimately makes a
point, has a narrative arch. Pomo lit. wields fragmentation with no
coherence, no resolve, no purpose. The narrative arch is gone, no
rise and fall. This places the burden of meaning on the reader, he or
she must decide for him/herself what is meaningful, if anything at
all.
46. So Modern Postmodern
In Literature…
Heart of Darkness Waiting for Godot
1899 1953
Joseph Conrad Samuel Beckett
Ulysses Gravity’s Rainbow
1922 1973
James Joyce Thomas Pynchon
Mrs. Dalloway White Noise
1925 1985
Virginia Woolf Don DeLillo
47. Works Cited
Habib, Rafey. "The Era of Poststructuralism (II):
Postmodernism, Modern Feminism, Gender
Studies."Modern Literary Criticism and Theory: A
History. Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub., 2008. 113-
145. Print.
Jencks, Charles. The New Paradigm in Architecture: The
Language of Post-modern Architecture. 7th ed. New
Haven: Yale University Press, 2002. Print.
All images have been taken from sources bearing the
Creative Commons License (i.e. Wikipedia) or are
otherwise not copyrighted.