American modernism

Kjerkegaard (2011:6 ) in his article "Seven Days without a Pun Makes One Weak. Two Functions of Wordplay in Literature and Literary Theory" attempts "to demonstrate that the significant differences between the various understandings of wordplay originate from its unique flexibility. This flexibility can be exploited in literary language through an interaction between a semiotic deficit and a semantic surplus. It could be claimed that wordplay is viewed in either a semiotic or a semantic…

Inverness is a city situated in the north east of Scotland, on the edge of the Highlands and is considered the only administrative centre for the theatrical arts. The first theatre to be built in the city was completed in 1805; however, it burnt down during the war. Later in the 1960’s Inverness was housing a population of around 30,000 but the council expected this figure to increase due to new city developments. In the early 1960’s the city council decided to develop and expand the Inverness…

Like in art there is complexity because there is ambiguity; Venturi claims that that’s what architecture should be as well (Venturi, 1965). Venturi criticized modernism for discarding the complexities and being limited as oppose to accommodating. Which then Venturi coined the term ‘less is a bore’, “forced simplification results in oversimplification…where simplicity cannot work, simpleness results. Blatant simplification…

Yellow Fog and Indecision The term “modernism” refers to a movement which started in the late 1800s, following immediately after World War I, and was prominent past World War II into the late 1940s, when postmodernism began to take hold. The modernist movement included poetry, fiction, drama, painting, and music. As with any movement, it’s time table of influence is gradual and hard to pinpoint. In any case, the true birth of modernism in poetry is frequently noted as starting during T.S.…

At the beginning of 20th century language studies shifted from diachrony to synchrony with the great contribution of Ferdinand de Saussure. Language was begun to study in itself for itself. Outer influences on texts were disregarded. After Saussure there emerged many schools and these schools contributed synchronic language studies greatly. Textuality, literary aspect of language, communication models, phonemes were studied by these schools. When the influence of structuralism reaches its peak…

Introduction One of the greatest blessings in this life is the light. When a beautiful colorful butterfly gets you attention and put a smile on your face, you would not be able to enjoy this scene without light. When a famous paint in a museum let your jaw drops in amazement, you must know that light is the medium that convey the beauty of the paint to your eyes. Let us not go too far, you would not be able to read these very words without the blessing of the light. Moreover, light plays an…

‘Cultural appropriation is defined by Young (2015) as the use of elements of one culture by artists of another culture and shown in their related products of art. Adopting another culture’s fashion, food, symbols, and art into one’s own use are just a few ways of appropriation. Due to this act of appropriation, many controversial issues have resulted from it. One of the main issues that we have encountered is that of the commercialisation for profits that arises from the appropriation of New…

Nonay, Jose Bryan FLMART1 DLM21 September 15, 2015 A Glimpse of the Future (A Film Review on Metropolis by Fritz Lang) We always tend to imagine what our future society will look like. We are fascinated by modern discoveries and technologies; we can’t wait for this future world to happen. Director Fritz Lang found a way to exhibit the image of the future through his critically acclaimed silent film entitled Metropolis (1925). Lang’s silent sci-fi flick is inspired by German…

flourish between the world war I and II. Beset of the totalitarian politics and by art movement placing renewed emphasis on imagery such as surrealism and the society critical realism it received little notice. But after world war II an energetic American school of abstract painting called Abstract Expressionism emerged and had wide influence.…

Art throughout the world reflects new ideas of the time and preserves the past historically marking each new era. A shift in the way the world is organized is almost always immediately followed by a new perspective that changes the way people create and receive art. Art has endless capability to be felt, observed, and examined in new ways that reveal a story behind each piece that weaves another picture of life during that century. Exploring art movements not only reveals the history of the time…