Modernism is a decision with traditional (classical) art, pursuing the purity of art and exploring that art is art rather than art.
Postmodernism is a "decision" with modernist art, which clears the boundary between art and non-art, that is, anything we see may become art.
2. Differences in artistic forms:
Modernism abandons the traditional techniques, observation methods and means of making works, but the classification of materials and production is still clear.
There is basically no such thing as distinguishing categories by materials in postmodernism. Materials and means are becoming more and more diverse.
3. Objectivity of the world.
Modernism believes that the world is objective and can be studied; The world is organized and constituted by causality. Through scientific research, we can understand and master the comprehensive balance.
Postmodernism holds that objectivity is unreliable, and each of us forms a world view in a local knowledge background. It is just a language structure and the product of our specific time, place and culture.
Extended data:
The birth background of modernism:
At the beginning of the 20th century, realistic writers created a lot of excellent works. However, the two world wars, the economic crisis sweeping the capitalist world and serious social problems have profoundly affected the development of literature, and modernism, which shows the spiritual crisis in the West, has become the mainstream of literature.
Modernist literature emphasizes centralized self-expression; The technique is grotesque, the causal relationship is unknown, and the style is unconventional.
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