Why is it that you can put a date on Modernism? This date goes back to around the nineteen hundreds to nineteen fifty. Everything that has happened and developed within these years has helped define a meaning for Modernism. New theories based on psychology made modernism rocket. These theories were very controversial but also somewhat influential. They made people take a self-examination of themselves and also examine their beliefs. The society soon developed a set of ideas (Thesis) which ‘Marxism’ explains. These ideas were put to the test by ‘anti ideas’ to repeat this progress. Is there a grand narrative? The bible shows purpose of life. Marxism progresses until equals.
Within the space of 1900 and 1950 there were two wars. This brought the coming of a new era in rock music which stayed around World War One and World War Two. This had a huge impact within the music industry (technology) and also civilisation.
What is culture? There are explanations of both high culture and low culture. High culture lies within the theatre, opera / classical and ballet. Low culture within these years is somewhat defined under pop culture. Richard Hamilton produced a painting called “Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing?” this is recognised as one of many to the beginning of pop art, as he is trying to portray what life was like in 1960. This indeed was the moment when modernism turned into postmodernism. Richard Florida introduced pop art, creating postmodern and pop culture. Bauhaus brought in new technology for design; he believed function should always follow form.
Postmodernism took place in the time of the revolution. Society wanted to break away from what we call modernism and the same old everyday life. People wanted to become individual’s and were just looking and longing for something different; from here on in people began to question things. Soon after, in the 1960’s a new era began, an era of love, culture and politics. Key examples of this were hippies, style, drugs and of course; music!
Postmodernism is most defiantly alive within the world today. One example of this would be the old mini car, on the first occasion it was the first car of its type to be able to purchase. In today’s society, there are several different types of new minis which have been created and which are available to buy.
A second example of this is the leather jacket. The leather jacket was used in modernism as a fashion statement. Again, it is brought back into today’s postmodern society and the idea of this ‘fashion statement’ is used again and again. I could also take the television for example, once made to watch but now, such gadgets as the ipad may eventually take over modernism. I guess what I’m trying to say is not always will the old and new ideas come together; one could eventually win over the other.
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