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date: 22 June 2025

Postmodernism 

Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists
Author(s):

Ann Lee Morgan

An elusive yet influential concept describing antimodern tendencies arising in the late twentieth century. As the name suggests, the key to understanding postmodernism lies in defining its difference from modernism. However, this effort has often foundered on simplistic overgeneralizations about modernism, in itself a contested concept, as are such other vast categories as ... ...

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