Modernism and Post Modernism.

Modernism:

Modernism is a term which is used to illustrate the 20^th century’s mindful effort to break artistic customs of the 19^th century. Modernism concentrates more on the form and the examination of technique rather than the substance and narrative of a piece of work. Modernism is a development that filtered many disciplines, and is influenced by various things such a politics, technology and science. Many things have influenced modernism such as architecture, literature; dance, music and so forth, all which come in such diverse range that continue to exceed expectation and do something completely unique and things that haven’t previously been done.  

Post Modernism: ‘A style and concept in the arts characterized by distrust of theories and ideologies and by the drawing of attention to conventions’ (English Oxford Dictionary)

Post-Modernism is the era that follows modernism and is something that is used to express the response to both culture and reflection. The post-modern theory first arose in the 1970’s and 1980’s. One of the features that comes alongside post modernism is the fundamental role of new and mass media which allows elevation of something visually as well as the dominance of the images style.  

Reference List:
'1914-1939 modernism designing a new world' edited by Christopher Wilk.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/modernism
http://www.vam.ac.uk/page/p/postmodernism/