Abstract The purpose of this research is a comparative study of the two selected architects which both were philosophical opponents of Modernism and Postmodernism expressed their own exclusive architectural designs. These two architects respectively are Mies Van der Rohe and Robert Venturi. Mies Van der Rohe was more looking for simple design with functionality and rationality. In this case, this report studies his architectural work, Farnsworth house which demonstrate his philosophy. Moreover, Robert
methodology for the study to be conducted. 1.2. Background of Study The term postmodernism is considerably a complicated term consisting of different philosophies and artistic styles. The movement has emerged as the reaction higher levels of modernism, which is the framework of observing and thoughts related to the characterisations of the entire world in different ways that postmodernism has reacted against. The modernism is found to be interested in the narratives of history related to the teleological
ideologies of Postmodernism. I will be unpacking the connection between postmodernism and my architect. I have found two key examples that shall be utilized for a visual analysis to substantiate the point that I am putting across. What is postmodernism? According to Hart (2004:14) “Post modernism is an open set of approaches, attitudes and styles to art and culture that started by questioning or exceeding or tooling with one or more aspects of modernism.” This shows that postmodernism is a movement
Modernism “Modern” or “modernism” can imply at least three similar meanings. On the most general level, it can mean an innovation, novelty, that is something, which is in contrast to the old, and thus it expresses a certain belief in progress. The other, more particular meaning refers to the modern period understood, from the philosophical perspective, as connected with Enlightenment thinking, rationality and the period since the 18th century that started to emphasize reason as the means of “objective”
Breeding from the unruly mood at the beginning of the 20th century, modernism was a profound approach that craved to stimulate and renovate the way modern civilization pictured life, art, politics, literature and science. It is a classical trend of thoughts that ratifies the power of human beings to create, improve and reshape their environment with the aid of scientific knowledge, technological advancements and practical experimentation. As a trend, it is less lucid, its perimeter looser, than,
Breeding from the unruly mood at the beginning of the 20th century, modernism was a profound approach that craved to stimulate and renovate the way modern civilization pictured life, art, politics, literature, architecture, culture and science. It was a classical trend of thoughts that ratified the power of human beings to create, improve and reshape their environment with the aid of scientific knowledge, technological advancements and practical experimentation. As a trend, it was less lucid, its
of the Spanish literary critic Federico de Onis in 1934 to consult the backlash against literary modernism’. And also this paper indicates an exploration of Catch-22 (1961), this early document of American postmodern literature, particularly attempts to present the critical discussion surrounding this novel as connatural to the broader theoretical discussions surrounding the concept of postmodernism. My contention is that of this dialogue, due in part to the natural chronology and linear inclinations
not predict the WWII, realistic approach dominated; then, the second great debate occurred between traditionalists, who took historical views to try and solve the dilemmas of the present, and behaviouralists, who preferred statistics, quantitative analysis to solve the problems of the day’s issue. Kenneth Waltz’s book “Theory of International Relations” (1979), attempted to change earlier realistic approach with new methods being used within social sciences as psychology and
One of the film’s on this course was ‘Six Degrees of Separation’ an adaption of the Pulitzer- Prize nominated play by John Guare. Two theories that we studied that applied to this film are; Post- Modernism and Structuralism and the concepts; pastiche and collage, genre and intertextuality. I will be analysing the movie while applying these two theoretical concepts and discussing the advantages and disadvantages of each in the conclusion. Six degrees of separation is the theory that everyone and
1 INTRODUCTION Postmodernism is a complex term and set of ideas which has emerged as an area of study since the mid 1980s (Hassan 1981:30-37). Postmodernism is a concept that appears in a wide variety of disciplines including art, architecture, film, literature, fashion, and technology (Hassan 1981:30-37). Therefore, Postmodernism is best understood by outlining the modernist philosophy it replaced, the avant-garde who were active from the 1860s to the 1950s (Lizardo & Strand 2009:36-70). Therefore