Postmodern theory

A modernist by trade, William Carlos Williams works with other artists in an effort to start and perpetuate a new movement. Working within the constraints that focused on breaking free from past restrictions and conscriptions with an eye towards current events and cultural influences, Williams is building something beautifully simplistic in his poetry. Towards the beginning of his efforts in poetry Williams’ underlines the fears associated with the cultural change to modernism, and the prevalent…

Rationale State of the Church Barna Group survey results emphasizes that young people today are heavily influenced by major social, spiritual and technological changes that have occurred over the past quarter century. The last argument of young people leaving the church, is that they feel that "hostility to those who doubt." More than a third of young people said that they feel that they have no one to ask the most interesting questions about his life in the church, and 23 percent said they felt…

In an effort to describe the modernist painting, Clement Greenberg in his publication The Collected Essays and Criticism, makes simplified and exaggerated claims. Despite his best efforts, most of his assertions are shrouded in oversight and lack the necessary premises to be adjudged as an entirely objective and salient. His comments on modern art’s effects on human senses and relations with space, are one of said claims. He states: “The Old Masters created an illusion of space in depth that…

Following the second World War, art broke out of the traditions and theology of academia severely. Unlike the previous generation of artists, post-war artists cut almost all ties with conceived notions of high art, and continually broke down barriers of what art is and should be about. Critics such as Clement Greenberg described this newly discovered onslaught of art ideology in his essay “Modernist Painting” in 1960, that stated art should be self critical and call attention to itself and the…

Pop Art versus Abtract Expressionism The Pop Art movement can be considered as a rejection or critique on it’s predecessor Abstract Expressionism. It differs both conceptually, and in its subject matter; and just like most art movements, it borrows and expands on all previous movements, creating its own path and style. While the the one evoked emotion simply with color and very little subject matter, the other veered away from the personal feeling but rather commented on the societal…

of their society. To properly analyze Vonnegut’s unique writing style and literary choices, one must first take a look some of the basic elements of a postmodern novel of which Vonnegut’s style for this book is based on. The postmodern style can be very different from author to author, thus making it very hard to categorize all American postmodern literature into one specific style. Nonetheless, most generally have the following traits or elements: Paranoia, Pastiche, Metafiction, books can be…

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) has undergone a variety of expansions and renovations over the years. Specifically, this paper will address the I.M. Pei additions through Foster & Partners of the Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art mainly from its conception in 1981 to its opening in 2011. It is beyond the scope of this paper to explore changes in the Linde Family Wing after its opening in 2011. This paper will cover how the museum was able to expand in order to create this new wing and…

The art of the 1980s was a simple, colorful, yet controversial time for most artists. It was often simplistic and easy to produce for most of the art was repetitive and at a glance plain. Critiques questioned the definition of art and what defines art since art started to become a bit more abstract and restrained from imitating life. For example, a very controversial artist from the 1980s, Andy Warhol was often looked down upon by others seeing that his pop art included much repetition of the…

Katherine Herrera Prof. Lange ARTH: Contemporary World Art October 14, 2015 Reading Journal 2 In the essay Grids from The Originality of the Avant-Garde and Other Modernist Myths by Rosalind Krauss, she focuses on grids and how they represent modernity of modern art. Krauss talks about how there are two ways that grid art is modern art. The first is because it is spatial, meaning its flatness is what makes the work of art unnatural and completely acts separately from the realm of art. The…

The modern period was characterized by massive social, economical and political upheaval, ideals of the past were denounced and traditions thrown aside in the spirit of embracing artistic experimentation. “Modern artists represented new ways of seeing, bringing forth-new ideas about the functionality of art and the nature of materials” [wiki – modern art]. I will be investigating how the careers of two pioneers of Abstract Expressionism, Jackson Pollock and his wife Lee Krasner’s’ careers…