IHUM Chapter 40 Postmodernism Question and answers already passed 2023/2024

IHUM Chapter 40 Postmodernism Question and answers already passed 2023/2024Define what characterizes postmodern architecture. - correct answer adapting diverse aesthetics which gives emphasis on unique forms Whimsical celebrations of shapes Eclectic styles, incorporating many different styles into one building (anything but pure) Contradictory elements of design Opposite of "International Style" and Modernism Discuss the nature and significance of postmodernism and how it reflects pluralism. - correct answer Postmodernism claims that meaning resides not within a work but in its audience, together with the understanding that the audience itself is diverse and various Gives rise to belief that meaning is PLURAL in nature. Living in this "difficult whole" is what characterizes the postmodern. Meaning becomes contingent and open-ended. Challenges the "undivided attention of audience (sensory overload) Describe how pluralism and diversity are reflected in art and literature. - correct answer Explores relationship between abstraction and representation (through Richter's work), we have a more diverse and various views