Postmodernism, Genre or Pop? Defining Postmodernism through Heart of Darkness What is Postmodernism? Andy Crouch from Christianity Today describes Postmodernism as anything, everything, and nothing, an academic Rorschach blot on which nervous modernists and others project all their fantasi...

The life and work of Andy Warhol have inspired many writers to tell of the artist’s secrets in published writings. However, Carter Ratcliff accomplishes this feat in a unique fashion, profiling Warhol’s work in "Andy Warhol." A must-read for anybody interested in the origins of American Pop ar...

This poster art form took off in the early 20th century as a result of the Russian Revolution and grew a tremendous amount during the 1920's and 1930's. Founded in 1917 in Russia by sculptor Antoine Pevsner and his younger brother Naum Pevsner Gabo, they believed that art should be functional and ...

The artwork of Robert Rauschenberg was constantly changing and fresh, and he was well ahead of his time. His work inspired Pop Art, Minimalism, and much of the work that many people today do with computers. Rauschenberg challenged the ideas of pre-conceived artwork as well as ideas about authorship ...

Between 1900-1939, there were many different movements in art mainly due to two reasons, modernization, and the First World War. The term 'avant-garde' has become synonymous with the evolving modern movement of art. 'Although 'art for art's sake' is a term not often used positively, this moder...

The Natural, written by Bernard Malamud starts out with Roy, an aspiring baseball player on a train with his scout, Sam. Roy is still in his younger years, while Sam is an old scout who has slowed down over the years. On the train Sam notices that a well-known sportswriter, Max Mercy, is aboard, ...

Allen Art Museum Addition Commentary "Pink granite and red sandstone cladding were used to create a decorative facade that plays composite elements against the whole in a reinterpretation of the main building's character. Venturi says: 'we tried to harmonize with his masterpiece in ways not too ob...

In Jean Baudrillard's publication, "Absolute Merchandise", Baudrillard explores French poet and art critic, Charles Baudelaire's, ideas on the modern art, supporting these with Andy Warhol's Pop Art. By doing so, Baudrillard discusses the essence of modern art and addresses the orthodox notion ...

Art is like an onoin, it has layers upon layers creating a complex structure that when opened will make the strongest of person cry. To analyze art's structure is to box creativity, understand mystery, and harness society. Never the less art must be dissected to better understand its process an...

Architecture will never achieve some perfect state where everyone accepts that the one best form has now been achieved. The reason for this is that what is considered best changes as people change. This aspect applies to architecture as much as it does to any other art form or any item produced in...

The terms "postmodernism" and "postmodernity" have emerged as buzz words in recent years and are often used interchangeably. While they are related in certain ways, it is important to understand each term's contextual implications. In this essay, we will explore the various meanings of both pos...

"Art and Visual Culture" expresses its key focus in its title; it is a course about art, but not only standard art, it also includes aspects of visual culture. Culture has many definitions listed in Encarta Dictionary, one of which is the set of shared beliefs, customs, and attitudes of a...

Art was one of the earliest manifestations of culture; this is because it fulfills humankind's need to interpret everything around them including their world and spiritual beliefs. Paleolithic art can be found to date back over thirty thousand years. The first discovery of this type of art ...

Society today has rapidly changed to an unknown world with all the technology that has recently been blossoming. After reading "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction", by Walter Benjamin, I realized how aura of the artwork truly is lost when surfing the Internet. When previ...

What made the shift from the modern machine culture of Corbusier to the new brutalism order of Team 10? Every phase of architecture has to have an anti-phase, where its ideals are opposed. The young architects who grew up with the old master's ideals soon became disenchanted with his visions. It ca...