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    evokes the sense of cynicism. Through this cynical conversation the paranoia is seen as that anxiety and fear of death pervades their thoughts. The discussion of death this blatantly in the novel does provide a sense of critique and insight into the postmodern American as with the emergence of technology and popular culture, a level of desensitisation of a once taboo subject occurs and Babette and Jack act as examples of this. Both characters “help us to redefine death as something other than a terror

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    Postmodern art is the representation of the return to pre-modern art styles and genres, and there is no longer a division between art, popular culture, and media. This philosophical term challenged and reacted against what modernism had to say, echoing dramatic changes in our social and economic features. Furthermore postmodern essays and critiques coincided with the arrival of contemporary art. Contemporary art is more socially conscious and philosophically all encompassing of several styles and

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    There is often some confusion when people start talking about the post-modernism and modernism in architecture in terms of  their philosophical terminology differences. Modern architecture is known for its minimalism (Linder, 2004); buildings were functional and economical rather than comfortable and beautifully decorated. The post-modernism architecture, however, is called a “neo-eclectic, significantly assuming the role of a regeneration of period styles for designing houses, and a never-ending

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    Art by Yasmin Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton and directed by Luke Sutherland was performed at the Warwick Campus on Friday, October 13 at 7:30 pm. Art is about the ambiguity of modern art. The play Art raises many unsolved questions how it’s viewed and treated in modern time. Art can hold many meanings. You may think it's art while other people would probably think it's garbage. Art is set in Paris in the mid-1990’s

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    Edouard Manet, an artist most commonly known in relation to the advent of modernist art, is credited with introducing such painterly techniques as producing flatness in painting, and, a layering down of hues (alla prima). He is regarded as the father of modernité, having many written works have been produced as supplements, responses or studies of his paintings and influences in art—three of which I present as subjects of scrutiny in this paper: the Painter of Modern Life by French poet and essayist

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    References to the writings of Charles Harrison, Clement Greenberg and Wilhelm Worringer is used to theorise the aesthetics of modernity.   2. IMPRESSIONISM AS MODERN ART Modernism is the heartbeat of culture, or as Clement Greenberg (1992:754) states, modernism involves of what “is truly alive in our culture” and it includes more than just art and literature. Western civilization began to interrogate their foundations and progressed into a self-critical society (Greenberg 1992:754). This notion began

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    modern. When it comes to modern art this especially is an issue. In most of the worlds eyes modern art is a european practice that came from artists like Van Gogh and his contemporaries. But in reality many other artists and cultures developed their own forms of modern art. Many Native North American artists participated in this movement of modernism, using the same conceptual

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    Art by Yasmin Reza translated by Christopher Hampton and directed by Luke Sutherland performed at the Warwick Campus on Friday, October 13 at 7:30 pm. The play Art is about the ambiguity of modern art. The play Art, raises many unsolved questions about how it’s viewed and treated in modern time. What people call art can hold different meaning. you may think it's art while other people would probably think it's trash. Art is set in Paris in the mid-1990’s in the main room of an apartment. the room

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    Dax have created is exactly why I wanted to do the Bridging Disciplines Program in the first place. Graphic design and 2D artwork is one of my passions in life and it is inspiring to hear from people who have been so highly successful in this digital art world. Most of Neal Dougherty’s pieces he showed at the beginning of his presentation I could not tell he used Photoshop or after effects for the medium. Many of his pieces looked like real lithography prints or photographs; for

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    often involves borrowing, mimicking, or even stealing, and it is highly contested and criticized in the contemporary art world’ (Gorman, C 2013, p. 215). Appropriation in the postmodern decade brings various aspects such as cultural exchange and finding identity. From the number of contemporary artists used the appropriation in their artwork covers a wide range of media. Appropriation art, sometimes cause responses varying from astonishment and suspicion to praise and acceptance, depend

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