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    Modernism vs Neo-Traditionalism: A debate on the merits and failures of two major competing paradigms in architecture and urban planning. Beyond the term modernism underlies one of the greatest ideas in architectural development. Modernism was meant to provide more green areas‚ cheaper housing and more efficient use of space. This was to be accomplished by creating vertically dense spaces with the use of the new inventions of the nineteenth century‚ such as steel‚ glass‚ electricity

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    An Essay on Modernism vs. Traditionalism in The Mayor of Casterbridge During the first half of the 19th century English society was making the difficult transition from a pre-industrial Britain to ‘modern’ Victorian times. In agriculture‚ most of the transition took place around 1846 with the repeal of the corn laws. This allowed foreign grain to be imported into England for the first time. Consequently‚ the entire structure and methods of agriculture in Britain were greatly altered. Much of the

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    As some critics contended‚ postmodernism represents a break with the modernist notion that architecture should be technologically rational‚ austere and functional‚ discuss the ways in which one postmodern architect has developed strategies which overcome these tendencies.  Juxtaposition is seen between the characteristics of early 20th century modern architecture and the artistic endeavours of postmodernism that followed.  To represent the ‘Less is More’ (R.Venturi‚ 1966‚ pg16) notion the modernist

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    All american citizens‚ however‚ did not think these new ideas to be best for their country. They felt that their morals were being threatened greatly by these new ideas and ways of life‚ and one of the main causes of their distrust in the ideas of modernism was the amazing amount of advertising that sprung up in the 20’s. New products and improvements to old products were a large part of that time‚ and while improving the lives of many people‚ some felt threatened by these new products and ways of life

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    Modernism vs. Post Modernism The ideas of modernism and post modernism are fundamentally different. Modernism is the belief that human beings can improve their environment‚ using scientific knowledge‚ technology and putting all of those things into practice. Modernism is prevalent in the field of arts. The concept of post modernism looks at the ideas behind modernism and questions whether they really exist. (wikipedia) Modernism began in the early 1800’s. It emerged with Manet and Baudelaire

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    Modernism sociologically‚ is a discipline that arose in direct response to the social problems of "modernity" (Harriss 2000‚ 325); the term most generally refers to the social conditions‚ processes‚ and discourses of 1438-1789 and extending to the 1970s or later (Toulmin 1992‚ 3–5). Modernity may also refer to tendencies in intellectual culture‚ particularly the movements intertwined with secularization and post-industrial life‚ such as Marxism‚ existentialism‚ and the formal establishment of social

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    Modernism is defined as the series of reforming cultural movements in music‚ art‚ architecture‚ the applied arts‚ and literature that occurred in the three decades before 1914. In the modern era‚ not only did things change as far as technology with the Industrial Revolution‚ but also with people themselves with awareness and a change in values. During the modern era‚ civilization was founded on scientific knowledge of the world and rational knowledge of values‚ which places the highest premium

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    Modernism Course: ISLAMIC WORLDVIEW Code: UNGS 2030 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and for all‚ we would like to express our deepest gratitude to Allah S.W.T. for giving us the strength and health to complete this assignment in time. Not to forget our beloved lecturer Bro Razak‚ who has the attitude and the substance of a genius: he continually and convincingly conveyed a spirit of adventure in regard to teaching us this subject. Without his guidance‚ this assignment would not have been possible

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    be a sign of modernity. Traditions‚ quite often‚ keep us United‚ but modernity‚ usually‚ takes us apart from each other. A tradition implies belief or custom‚ passed on to us by our ancestors. Much of what we do today has its roots in the past. Modernism is in total contras with the ideas or methods of the traditional ones. Old‚ it is said‚ is gold and should be preserved carefully. But it is also an unavoidable fact that old is to be given up for good to enter the New Era. There is a lot in our

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    The forces of literary traditionalism must often take the field of battle against the raging hordes of heterodoxy. The standard bearers for traditionalism are often the ghosts of once influential critics‚ such as the romantic era poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge‚ who is assailed by the contemporary Irishman Seamus Heaney. Their battlefield‚ the Shakespearean play Hamlet‚ with its spectral overtones‚ is a fitting text for the living to slay the dead in the combat of ideas and interpretations. Shakespearean

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