Sunday, 4 November 2018

Perspectives - Postmodern Definitions Pt 4


(Fig 1: 'Fountain' Marcel Duchamp)

Avant-garde: New and experimental ideas and methods in art, music, or literature. Favouring or introducing new and experimental ideas and methods.

Nostalgia: A sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past.

Appropriation: the action of appropriating something, coping or incorporation of an image/object from an identified source by an artist who represents it in a different context, thus altering its meaning and questioning notions of originally and authenticity.

Pastiche: an artistic work in a style that imitates that of another work, artist, or period.

Parody: An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.

Irony: The use of words/images to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.

Ideology: A system of ideas and ideals, especially one which forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy.

Genre: A style or category of art, music, or literature. Any form or type of communication in any mode with socially-agreed upon conventions developed over time.

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