POSTMODERNISM

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POSTMODERNISM
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Postmodernism
Post modernisem After modernism
Different from Postmodern
Dissatisfaction Modern architecture
Compact Oxford English Dictionary "a style and
concept in the arts characterized by distrust of
theories and ideologies and by the drawing of
attention to conventions." Merriam-Webster
Either "of, relating to, or being an era after a
modern one", or "of, relating to, or being any of
various movements in reaction to modernism that
are typically characterized by a return to
traditional materials and forms (as in
architecture) or by ironic self-reference and
absurdity (as in literature)", or finally "of,
relating to, or being a theory that involves a
radical reappraisal of modern assumptions about
culture, identity, history, or language".
American Heritage Dictionary "Of or relating to
art, architecture, or literature that reacts
against earlier modernist principles, as by
reintroducing traditional or classical elements
of style or by carrying modernist styles or
practices to extremes 'It a roadhouse is so
architecturally interesting ... with its
postmodern wooden booths and sculptural clock.
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Historical context
Post secon war

1989 fall of berlin wall
1950 economic boom in Unite state
Social Revolution of 1968
1960 Change of international order
Neocolonialism
Consumer society
Computarisetion
Society of media
Green revolution
Multinational capitalism
Eletronic information
Modernisation
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Cultural background
Deconstruction
neoralism
Structuralism
Exicstnsialism
post-structuralism
Jacques Derrida
Claude Lévi-Strauss
Jap paul sartre
Jean-François Lyotard
Ferdinand de Saussure
Heidegger
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Main characteristics
Rejection of objective truth
Attacks sharp classifications
Global cultural narrative or meta-narrative
Power relations
Emphasizes the role of language
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Literature
Irony, playfulness, black humor
Magic Realism
Intertextuality
Metafiction
Pastiche
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Art
New classicism
Neo-expressionism and painting
Conceptual art
Performance art
Installation art
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Cinema
Intertextuality

Recourse to various past forms, genres, and
styles
Self-referentiality
Pastich
Parody
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New Urbanism
Stuckism
Structuralism
Remodernism
Altermodern
Radical Orthodoxy
Post-postmodernism
Reacting to postmodernism
New Sincerity
Dogme 95
New Puritans
Integral Movement
Neo-minimalism