modernity and social progress
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‘Modernity’
Establishing the founding principles of human ‘progress’
From Bloody Code …
• Why do you think people were punished / tortured in this way?
• Do you think it was effective?• What role did ‘religion’ play in this?
France: 1757
… towards Enlightenment
• Sapere Aude! • Dare to use your own ‘reason’– Death of religion, tradition (birth of science/rationality
France: 1837
Panopticon
• Discipline the Soul• Rehabilitation• ‘Cure’ the
problem of crime• Surveillance &
Control
Back to Dada …
• Dada is a form of Early Modernist Art• What was Dada all about?• A ‘reaction’ to what (what was it a challenge
against)?
Jackson Pollock
• Late Modernist• Total newness & creativity …• Taking Art in new adventurous directions
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