MODERNISM: The Aesthetics of Abstract Expressionism Project Prepared for Donald McIntyre Professor‚ DeVry University Project Prepared by Colleen Mitchell Student‚ DeVry University June 7‚ 2009 Modernism is one of the cultural movements which took place in the nineteenth to the twentieth century. This movement was sure to draw attention to the artists’ work of art mainly because of the complexity of the artist’s creativity and breaking away from the more traditional works. Abstract
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Maren Tova Linett ‚ Modernism‚ Feminism‚ and Jewishness Modernism‚ Feminism‚ and Jewishness by Maren Tova Linett Review by: Maeera Y. Shreiber Modern Philology‚ Vol. 109‚ No. 1 (August 2011)‚ pp. E67-E69 Published by: The University of Chicago Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/660813 . Accessed: 17/11/2013 02:56 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp
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Pulp Fiction‚ is considered by many to be a key example of post modernist cinema. Its use of non-linear narration‚ copious references to other movies and its off beat dialogue‚ combined with Tarantino’s unique style make the viewer aware that there is something different about this movie from most Hollywood blockbusters. George Ritzer said that "in the modern world everything seems pretty clear-cut‚ (but) on the cusp of the postmodern world many things seem quite hazy." This is the case with regard
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The Great Gatsby is a novel from the 1920s that shows the corruption of the “American Dream.” The novel shows modernism in its unreliable narrator‚ iconic symbols‚ and theme of wealth in the time of prosperity. Modernism is the rejection of social‚ political‚ or religious views‚ often with the basis of science explains everything. The novel is narrated by Nick Carraway‚ Daisy’s cousin who had close experiences with Gatsby. Everything in the story is what Nick Carraway saw‚ his opinions of what happened
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Realism‚ Liberalism and Feminism In our modern world we can communicate instantly worldwide‚ cook a full meal in under a minute‚ and have enough weapons to destroy not only our planet but just about any planet that gives us a funny look. Of course while technology progresses at its incredible rate‚ we squabble and argue over who gets what‚ and what they can or cannot do with it‚ whether or not that is what it is or if it is something that it truly isn’t and frankly it’s all very confusing. Luckily
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It was not only the United States and Europe that were touched by Modernism; Latin America was also feeling the effect of this shift in the art world during the beginning of the 20th century. While beginning to achieve some level of independence from its European occupiers‚ Latin American and its artists were embracing Modernism which fit well with the mixed race cultures of this region. The indigenous peoples of Mexico‚ for instance‚ endured a brutal occupation by the Spanish starting in 1521 by
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Azia Sandhu Mrs. Branscum Honors English III 9 December 2014 Realism In The Outcasts of Poker Flats by Bret Harte and in To Build a Fire by Jack London we see many of the characteristics of realism. From vivid details and issues of real life‚ to optimism and dealing with the common or ordinary we see realism very prominently in each of these stories. Both of these stories face the same characteristics of realism such as vivid details as they try to survive in the wilderness‚ issues of real life
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Explain the liberal challenge to realism‚ and assess its effectiveness. Liberalism poses as an alternate framework to realism for understanding international relations. There are three main positions held by liberals that contrast those views held by realists. The issues of conflict and cooperation‚ relative and absolute gain‚ and the pessimistic and optimistic outlook on individuals will be focused on. Liberalism is effective‚ to an extent‚ in illustrating the rather one-dimensional approach
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Realism was a general movement in 19th-century theatre that developed a set of dramatic and theatrical conventions with the aim of bringing a greater fidelity of real life to texts and performances. It shared many stylistic choices with naturalism‚ including a focus on everyday (middle-class) drama‚ colloquial speech‚ and mundane settings. Realism and naturalism diverge chiefly on the degree of choice that characters have: while naturalism believes in the overall strength of external forces over
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Basic differences between modernism and postmodernism Modernism:- The study of knowledge * World War I * Stylistic experimentation * Internal narratives; experiments in rendering consciousness * Fragmentation * As reaction to the 19th century novel and art (representational/figurative) * Critique of industrialization * Sociopolitical critique of the status quo * Psychoanalysis and an increasing interest in the internal world of
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