Postmodernism vs Modernism Flashcards
1
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Modernist Art
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- Clear distinction between high and low art
- Autonomous arts with critical purpose
- Emphasis on stylistic purity, formalism, and functionalism
- Emphasis on authenticity and meaning
- Emphasis on cult of the genius and originality
2
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Postmodernist Art
A
- Blurred boundaries high and low art
- Disappearing autonomy and all-encompassing cultural industry
- Plea for stylistic impurity and eclecticism
- No authenticity, reality as a simulation, loss of meaning
- Intertextuality
- Fragmentation of subject, art as imitation and parody
- Interest in minorities
- Deconstruction
3
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Modernist Society
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- Industrial Capitalism
- Meta narratives
- Universal ideals of the Enlightenment
- Absolute Truth
- The subject = the fundament
4
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Postmodernist Society
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- Information, consumption and media society
- End of Meta narratives
- Crisis of legitimation
- Plurality of perspectives
- Fragmentation of the subject
- Death of the author (Barthes)
