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    Atonement - Ian Mc Ewan

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    Ian Mc Ewan – Atonement Late phase of post modernism. From the fifties onwards‚ there is a rise of post modernism. In coincides with many aspects of western society (emancipation‚ Vietnam war…) Ground breaking philosophical essay – Jacques Derrida : introduced deep instruction and really attacked the very foundations of western humanism and cultures. In 1966‚ he wrote a theoretical paper – there is always an origin‚ a place of departure‚ an essence‚ a core reality‚ central of western culture

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    Charles Rennie Mackintosh

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    was the luxurious Room de Luxe where entry was by means of elaborate stained-glass doors‚ whose form are reminiscent of the Japanese kimono shape (Jones‚ 1990‚ 188). Throughout were metals panels twisted into shapes of abstraction‚ exemplary of modernism‚ from which hung green glass balls referencing willow trees. Mackintosh’s staple high-backed chairs broke up the repetitive vista and created a sense of enclosure. His furniture was influenced by the ostentatious simplicity of

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    was a display of American and European avant-garde art and a way of thinking that expanded the United States understanding of art. But‚ another art display that happened 24 years after the Armory Show was showing Germany the same style of art‚ modernism‚ but in a different way‚ a negative

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    Art Report – Abstract Expressionism Abstract expressionism was first used in the Germany magazine Der Sturm in 1919‚ regarding as “German expressionism”. The term “abstract expressionism” was first applied to American art in 1946 and gained acceptance in the 1950s. It was mostly used in New York and San Francisco Bay area of California. Abstract Expressionism mainly comes from “Surrealism”‚ which represents spontaneous artwork. In combination‚ abstract expressionism has an image of being

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    Dover Beach Modernism

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    Through the controversy of romanticism and modernism in Dover Beach‚ Arnold allows for readers to question the importance of life and what it means to fulfill human destiny while harnessing the quintessence of who you are. Arnold gives vivid imagery of the beautiful coastline bordering France to present the challenging contrast that we have the choice to either find fear in the future because of its uncertainty‚ or to embrace the beauty of the present because it is all we have in each moment. In

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    controversial architectural style which flourished during the 1950s and 60s in Britain‚ as the capital slowly began the inauguration of rehabilitating itself as a whole - after the disastrous effects of the Second World War. Brutalism has it roots in Modernism; however‚ it emerged as a movement in revolt to the architectural mainstream. Brutalism attempted to come out of the Modernist movement on the basis of an undeniably honest approach to architecture‚ demanding that form follow function. Pioneers thought

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    Morton Professor Hall English 379 November 6‚ 2014 Modernism: Sexual Identity Realism‚ naturalism‚ and modernism were all literary techniques used between the 1940’s and 1960’s. McDowell and Spillers define these three techniques as‚ “realism is taken to refer broadly to a faithful representation of material “reality”; naturalism‚ to a franker‚ harsher treatment of the power of the social environment cum jungle on indivisual psychology; and modernism‚ to a break with the familiar functions of language

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    well as by a growing public audience. It culminated in the American and French revolutions‚ as well as the Industrial Revolution. The Enlightenment occupies a central role in the justification for the artistic movement known as modernism. The neo-classic trend in modernism came to see itself as a period which overturned established traditions. Art has traditionally been a reflection and an artist’s interpretation of the world around the artists. During the Age of Enlightenment‚ there were five major

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    As a modernist writer‚ Virginia Woolf isn’t interested on describing the reality as it really is‚ but she wants to privilege the imagination and the liberty of creation. In her short story “The Mark on the Wall”‚ a simple element like a mark on the wall is responsible to the narrator’s deeply reflection about life and stimulates the imagination of the reader. Although‚ there are many elements in this short story that are capable of being discussed‚ this analysis only points out some

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    Notes for Postmodernism

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    Teknolohikal 2.) Pag-angat ng Kapitalismo kahit hindi nito kayang pakainan ang malaking porsyento ng mundo. Marxism fights against Kapitalism. The further rise of Kapitalism despite not being the perfect system. Kapitalism ripped the way for Post-modernism. Despite the distance between the reality and superstructure. 3.) Pag-angat ng industriya ng impormasyon. The desire for the memory‚ the best possible technology for your sake. The demand for the best memory and RAM to process that information

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