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    House and the Vanna Venturi House: A Case Study Kyuho Ahn University of Oregon‚ Oregon‚ USA  In architectural fields‚ it is often unclear where to draw the line between Modernism and Postmodernism that often represent political debates between the ideology of orthodox modernity and the anti-ideology movement against Modernism as a social and political movement‚ because architectural forms result from complex and multi-layers problem solving. This paper argues that a particular architectural style

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    another. Most of the text focuses on the weight of Modernism in today’s society and the effects our past has on shaping this movement. McEvilley begins by lamenting that people view art pieces as uncontrolled existences that are neither affected by culture‚ politics‚ economic and social history. Though his investigation within these exclusions he concludes that colonialism and imperialism had an adverse impact on these areas but also in art. Modernism‚ colonialism and imperialism The author challenges

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    Style/Realism Notes

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    CTCS 190: Lecture/Discussion Notes Style/Mode of Representation • Another voice into the production/consumption of a film text • Particular film is rendered in a particular style; has to be addressed by consumer • Objectivity v. Realism Realism • Mode of representation that attempts a 1:1 correspondence with reality with how the subject is depicted (in film‚ artwork‚ etc.) — exactly how a person sees it • Never possible to have exact realism • Everyone’s reality is different • Ideology — relative

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    Marianne Moore Silence

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    “Silence” by Marianne Moore‚ written in 2003‚ I feel represents the Literary Modernism movement which was based in the late 19th and early 20th century. In the poem‚ Moore talks about what her father used to say to her as a child. The first line reads‚ “Superior people never make long visits‚ have to be shown Longfellow’s grave nor the glass flowers at Harvard.” I feel like she’s saying that some superior people are not modest but they can be. Moore wrote this poem with the “freedom” characteristic

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    THE INFLUENCE OF MODERN ART Cubism New attitudes towards pictorial space and geometric abstraction with geometric planes (but still based on real objects) - Influenced by African tribal masks/ breaking natural objects into planes/shapes. - Figures simultaneously seen from more than one view through relationships of geometric planes. - Analytical cubism based on process of human vision‚ eyes scan a subject then compile it into a whole. - Introduced collage‚ allowed for composition free of

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    such as resurrection/reconstruction‚ self-reflection‚ and multi-narratives are all applied conventions of postmodern fiction and allow us to stray from the regular conventions of modernism. Whereas Modernism

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    A.P Kanvinde

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    Kanvinde: Function With Feeling By arZan ⋅ April 7‚ 2010 ⋅ Post a comment Achyut Kanvinde passed away in 2002. He was in his time one of the giants of Indian architecture. As the principal architect of CISR he designed a vast body of institutional work over the decades. Kanvinde studies under Walter Gropius at Harvard in the Functionalist style of design. Himanshu Burte writes an interesting overview of Kanvinde’s work and thought philosophy in this article title “ Function with Feeling ”.

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    theory of modernism which took its ideology from the three pillars: progress‚ hierarchy of cultures‚ universals. McEvilley believes that the modernist ideals are just a way of creating a false reality‚ a world where no one is suffering and everything is beautiful. In his novel The Metamorphosis‚ Franz Kafka uses the dramatic transformation of his character‚ Gregor‚ to mock the societal construct of the twentieth century. This very act of mockery goes against the three pillars of modernism‚ making this

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    Postmodernism is a flexible term that can cover a wide range of art forms. Critical theorists use Postmodernism to refer to a point of deviation for works of literature‚ drama‚ architecture‚ cinema and design. Originally‚ Postmodernism was a reaction to modernism. Malcolm Barnard explains “where modernity conceived of the object in terms of production‚ Post modernity conceives of it in terms of consumption”. This means that all forms of art are made with the sole purpose of being ‘consumed’ and with a main

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    Modernism in Paul Rand

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    Modernism in Paul Rand Topic 1 Fabrizia Corsi Critical and Cultural Studies Dawn Correia (23rd April 2013) ‘Modernism’ is derived from ‘modo’‚ a Latin word which means “just now”( Philosophy Basics. n.d.). Modernism‚ in its broad explanation includes the different movements related to art in the Europe‚ initiating from the end of the 19th century till the beginning of 20th century (Design History Mashup‚ Philip S. ‚ 2008). These latest European movements developed

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