Postmodernism emerged in the mid-20th century as a reaction against the perceived limitations and failures of Modernism.

This course examines literature, art, music, and architecture associated with modernism and postmodernism, along with their philosophical backgrounds. Topics covered include the aesthetic response to ...

outlived Pollock by 17 years.) And we still use both terms to describe artists, nearly a hundred years after their start. It becomes ridiculous, which, in and of itself, can be a characteristic of ...

"Postmodernism, as it applies to science, is the philosophical position that science is nothing more than a cultural narrative and therefore has no special or privileged relationship with the truth." ...

One of Palm Springs' most beloved events is marking 20 years of mid-century modern celebrations this month. Modernism Week, one of the world's most popular architecture festivals, began in Palm ...

Reception: Texts, Readers, Audiences, History, Vol. 12 (2020), pp. 21-37 (17 pages) This article presents the results of an innovative in-depth investigation of the reception of Tom McCarthy's novel C ...

This is the final article in “The Postmodern Temper,” a series which examined the contemporary state of various artistic fields. Publication is made possible with support from the “New Works” Program ...