- Postmodern Art - a movement in Western art, spanning from the late 1970s until the present, which rejects the key ideas of modernism.
- Pluralism - a Postmodern movement in art that assumes the cultural context of art should be all-encompassing in its respect for the art of the world's wide variety of cultures and artistic styles, and that diverse cultural and stylistic influences can coexist in a work of art.
- Appropriation - an artistic concept in which an artist uses an image already in existence and places it in a new context in order to give it new meanings.
- Conceptual Art - art in which the concept(s) or idea(s) involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic and material concerns.
- Double-consciousness – a term coined by W. E. B. Du Bois used to describe an individual whose identity is divided into several facets. Du Bois saw double consciousness as a useful theoretical model for understanding the psycho-social divisions existing within African American society.
- Jezebel Archetype – a term with roots in the biblical character Jezebel often used to describe the stereotypical primitive, sexually promiscuous and sometimes controlling black woman.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Terms of the Day for November 3
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