Editing Modernism and Postmodernism (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Understanding</span> ==
Modernism and postmodernism are understood through '''Failure''' and '''Multiplicity'''.

'''1. The "Brave New World" (Modernism)''':
Tradition "Died" in the "Trenches" of WWI.
* The "Old Ways" (Kings/Church) led to "Slaughter."
* **Modernists** said: "We must Build a New World from Scratch."
* They used **"Science and Design"** to build "Perfect Cities" (Le Corbusier).
* They used **"Abstraction"** to find the "Essence" of art.
* It was a "Heroic" (but often cold) "Attempt" to find a "New Truth."

'''2. The "End of the Big Story" (Postmodernism)''':
Modernism "Failed." (The 'Atom Bomb,' 'Totalitarianism').
* **Postmodernists** said: "Stop trying to find the 'One Truth'."
* Every "Grand Narrative" ends in "Violence."
* There is "No Truth," only "Points of View."
* There is "No Original," only "Remixes."
* Life is a **"Game of Language"** (Wittgenstein).

'''3. The "Death of the Author" (Deconstruction)''':
"You" don't "Own" your "Words."
* When you "Write a Word," it has **100 meanings** based on its "History."
* A "Reader" "Creates" the meaning, not the "Writer."
* Everything is a **"Text"**: "Gender," "History," "Science."
* To "Understand" something, you must **"Deconstruct"** it to "Find the Hidden Power" inside the words.

'''The 'Urinal' (Duchamp, 1917)'''': An artist put a "Toilet" in an "Art Gallery." He called it "Art" because he "Chose it." It was the "Moment" the "Rulebook" of "Beauty" was "Burned." It proved that "Art" is a "Concept," not a "Skill"—a "Key Step" into the "Postmodern World."
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