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    gender identity‚ globalisation growth‚ political power etc. Introduction The expression of Art has always been influential; many artists use it as a tactic to exploit political truths and ideas. Postmodernism is a “movement reacting against modernism‚ especially by drawing attention to former conventions” (pg821). This form of art allowed a new way of looking at reality in a society that is constantly reassessing its culture and values. Postmodern art focuses on a mixture of high and low cultures

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    culture and society‚ making people more aware of issues they never really addressed before‚ with also some of the artists continuing on using the shock value to make a statement in their work. Also following on from dada in the 1960’s with post modernism there was pop art and neo-Dadaism. Abstract

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    and realized he had a talent for art. He had always wanted to become an artist but told everyone‚ “Being an artist is very rare‚ there aren’t many people who achieve it.” (Goldstein 4) Wayne Thiebaud is one of the hardest working artists of the Modernism era‚ and he is best known for his paintings of cakes‚ bakeries‚ and deli counters. In Thiebaud’s earlier years‚ he took art classes and started drawing and creating stage sets for the theatre‚ which gave him the idea of bright colors in his paintings

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    March 17‚ 2011 Abstract The modernism and post modernism perspectives are beneficial in the successful operation of Wal-Mart stores. Wal-Mart is one of the most successful organizations with stores foreign and domestic making significant profits. Further‚ Wal-Mart applies both of the organizational perspectives for their advantages in areas such as power‚ structure‚ and technology. In addition‚ Wal-Mart utilizes modernism in the companies culture‚ roles‚ goals‚ ability to

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    Modernism is a period in literary history which started around the early 1900s and continued until the early 1940s. Modernist writers in general stood against typical storytelling and ordinary verse from the 19th century. Instead‚ many of them told stories the way they seen it in a state of society during and after World War I. “Modernist literature is characterized chiefly by a rejection of 19th-century traditions and of their consensus between author and reader”- Chris Baldick. In all‚ modernism

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    The early twentieth century is when Modernism first emerged‚ and by the 1920s‚ the prominent figures of the movement - Le Corbusier‚ Walter Gropius‚ and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe – had the largest reputations towards it. It was not until after the Second World War that it gained huge popularity‚ after modernist planning was implemented as a solution to meet basic social needs‚ after the previous failures in architecture and design. Up to 15% the urban populations were living in poverty During the

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    World War I (WWI) was the turning point for modernism where many artists involved in the war welcomed nihilism and expressed their opposing views on outdated societal norms through non-traditional works of art. The artists of the movement expressed a different point of view regarding how reality was portrayed. Characteristics of this modern avant-garde revolution included the expressive use of color‚ primitivism‚ and experimentation. Modernism soon had a lasting impact on artistic styles and techniques

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    represents a departure from modernism and is characterized by the self-conscious use of earlier styles and conventions‚ a mixing of different artistic styles and media ‚ and a general distrust of theories’.(Oxford Dictionaries‚ pra.2)For a long time‚ countless artists and theorists try to define the term modernism and postmodernism‚ but it was found too hard to distinguish them. By the opinions of Paul Smethurst‚ postmodernism could be presented as a reaction of modernism‚ but this is a complex and

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    break‚ a relation to a period that has happened before. In the case of post-modernism the previous period is undoubtedly ‘modernism’. Thus‚ postmodernism refers to a breakdown of the distinction between culture and society - emergence of a social order in which the importance and power of the mass media and popular culture means that they govern and shape all forms of social relationships. For Lyotard‚ a key post-modernism theorist‚ the post-modern condition is neither a periodizing concept nor does

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    References: 1. Mary Jo Hatch and Ann L. Cunliffe 2006‚ Organization Theory: Modern‚ symbolic and postmodern perspectives‚ 2nd edition‚ Oxford University Press‚ New York 2. Pauline Rosenau 2002‚ Post-Modernism and the Social Sciences‚ Greenwood Publishing Group 3. Simon. H. A. 1997‚ Administrative Behavior‚ 4th Edition‚ Free Press 4. Jaffee. D. 2008‚ Ch.2. Conflict at work throughout the history of organisations. In Dreu‚ Carsten K. W. de.‚ Gelfand‚ Michele

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