Postmodernism

‘Postmodernism’ is a style of the late 20th century, which involves the intentional influence/use of past artist’s work styles and conventions. As a characteristic of postmodernism, ‘appropriation’ occurs when artists deliberately borrow pre-existing art features/images adding little to no variation. This occurs in order to clearly represent these borrowed features in a new context and is known as 'recontextualisation'. For instance, artist, Emanuel Phillips Fox painted ‘Landing of Captain Cook at Botany Bay, 1770’ in 1902 and another artist, Daniel…

What is prime reality-the really real? Sire (2009) states that prime reality in Christianity is “the infinite, personal god revealed in the Holy scriptures. This God is triune, transcendent and immanent, omniscient, sovereign, and good.” In Christianity daily life consists of abiding by the word of God and using the bible as a guideline. When an individual follows a holy book, the idea of right and wrong becomes absolute. He states that God’s goodness suggests that there is an absolute…

Modernism and Post-Modernism Modernism is one of the most recent and influential literary movements in the history of English literature. The Modernism era began in 1890 and ended around 1930. It was often viewed as an era where authors rejected the Victorian styles. Most authors were interested in experimenting with new ideas and techniques to see what they might be able discover or create. The time period was often divided into two different periods: Modernism and Post-Modernism. Modernism embodies the…

This paper focuses on researching postmodernism and its primary features, and how Paul Auster has implemented them in his story City of Glass. The following paper explores how the author (Auster) deals with reality and identity in his novel. Auster’s first novel, City of Glass was published in 1985 after rejection from several publishers (Pierce 15). Amongst many American writers Auster is predominately perceived as a postmodernist writer, and within the short period since the publication of “The New York…

‘Remix culture’, as defined by Eduardo Navas, can be seen through ‘specific forms of expression using pre-existing sources (such as sound, image, text) to develop work that may be considered derivative while also gaining autonomy’. As an example of ‘remix culture’ that has dominated contemporary arts, Stella McCartney appropriates Sulawesian plaid motif of the 16th century into her high-end fashion designs, ‘Chinatown Plaid’, a collection which was showcased in the fall of 2013 in New York City. In the postmodern…

The first sculpture I will look at is ‘Half-Figure’ by Henry Moore. I will compare this with ‘Angel of the North’ by Antony Gormley. The first sculpture is an example of modernism, and the second an example of postmodernism. As well as comparing the two sculptures I will talk about why Moore’s sculpture is an example of modernism, and why Gormley’s sculpture is an example of postmodernism. I will describe the artist’s use of materials, the art works meaning, and…

More Human than Human: Postmodernism in Blade Runner Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner is set in a “hyper-modernist” 2019 Los Angeles. The plot follows police agent Rick Deckard as he is tasked with killing 5 bioengineered androids called “replicants” as it is illegal for these “replicants” to be on Earth. This film is considered postmodern due to its many uses of mise-en-scene and pastiche, along with the fact that the film never gives the audience a solution to the problems presented…