Modern Art Vs Postmodernism Essay

Art, what is art? Well art means “the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power” (dictionary). Art is also the various branches of creative activity, such as painting, music, literature, and dance. A basic meaning of art is hidden (under) a plan/purpose to attract to, and relate with, human emotion. Art can awaken/stimulate and communicate beauty-related or moral feelings. Artistdirect something so that their audience is awakened/stimulated a little bit. This may be done carefully or uncarefully. Art may be thought about/believed an exploring things of, or a product of the human experience. The(serving to make something look prettier) arts add beauty-related and design values to everyday objects, such as a glass or …show more content…
There are those who argue against a division into modern and postmodern periods. Not all people agree that the stage called modernism is over or even near the end. There is no agreement that all art after modernism is after-modern, nor that after-modern art is separated from modernism; many people see it as only another phase in modern art or as another form of late Modernism.

There are people of the term "after-modern" and how it is applied; however, these people are in the minority. This is not to say that the phase of art represented by after-modernism is accepted, only that there is aneed for a term to describe movements in art after the peak of Abstract Expressionism. However there is an agreement is that a very extreme change in the perception of works of art has happened and a new time in history has been newly appearing on the world stage since at leastthe