Modernism

The Telecom Building, Wellington I have chosen the (Old) Telecom Building in Wellington as my study of Wellington buildings. The reason why I have made this selection is because of my curiosity. The way this building appeals to me and attracts me in is its strange green façade exterior, hooked my eyes every time I walk pass Manners Street. The Telecom Building is located at 13 – 27 Manners Street, Te Aro, Wellington. After a quick online search, it was very easy to find out that the building…

questions facing the art of architecture today, at a time of crisis and transition in the development of the contemporary style.” As one of the earliest Brutalist architectural buildings in North America Rudolph’s A&A was acclaimed as a breakthrough to modernism through its famously large-scaled bush hammered corrugated concrete surfaces.…

Her art has been well-known for 8 decades, and have influenced the world throughout time (“About Georgia O’Keeffe,” 2017). She spent 70 years creating and contributing to the development of American Modernism (“Georgia O’Keeffe,” n.d.). In fact, during 1985, president Ronald Reagan awarded her with the National Medals of Arts in honor of her contributions (“Georgia O’Keeffe Biography,” 2016). After she died, an art museum was built in her name to commemorate…

the case for many post-modernist artists, for they are sometimes influenced by the era of art before them, the modernists. The era of modernism was around for the first half of the 20th century. Its distinguishing feature was its determination to dispense with the past (Taylor). Ezra Pound used the phrase "to make it new" to describe this period of art. Post-modernism emerged after World War…

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…

The main three grand philosophies that are associated with the theories of Social Work are; structuralism, modernism and post-conventionalism. These grand theories are not just used for Social Work, many other professions practice them too. These philosophies are used all around us in today’s day and age, people can see a product of this from a photo, song, website, building, or from pieces of art. The theory of Post-Conventionalism is all about knowing that there are many answers to a certain…

It is impossible to think of a list of great films without including Pulp Fiction (1994). With its striking cinematography and its non-scored soundtrack, Pulp Fiction was a revolutionary motion picture because it popularized non-linear storytelling in film, and borrowed elements from postmodernism, genre films, and arthouse films, and blended them into something completely unique to Tarantino’s personal style (Berg, 2006). From many influences of foreign and niche films, Pulp Fiction was born,…

In our marriage relationship—and really in any endeavor—we all fall short. In fact, the Bible proclaims that “for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans, 3:23, King James Version). Understanding this reality is important to approaching a conflict with humility. Realizing that we have erred greatly against God, yet He chooses to forgive and extend mercy is a lofty example of how we should be doing the same. Because of this reality, we should be doing the same. Even more,…

Postmodernism is a late-20th-century movement in the arts, architecture, and criticism that was a departure from modernism. Postmodernism was a movement in architecture that rejected the functionalist, modernist ideals of rationality and also used to describe a dissatisfaction with modern architecture. Postmodernism is characterized by the return of ornament and symbol to form. The aims of the postmodernism was look back to the past for inspiration of history and tradition, ideas of…

She did not participate in stylistic modernism in a cutting-edge way that was monolithically male and of startlingly novel outlook as described in textbooks, or in the misogynist diatribes written by male modernists during the early years of the twentieth century.[footnoteRef:10] Yet both her…