Perspectives | Lecture 1 - Word Definitions

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High Modernism - A form of Modernity, which heavily focuses on science and technology and relies heavily on the expertise of scientists, engineers and other intellectuals

Capitalist - A system in which those in control of production, distribution and exchange of wealth largely consists of private individuals or corporations

Superabundance - An excessive amount of something or excessively abundant

Disconnected - Not coherent or irrational

Pop - 'Pop Culture' references something that is aimed directly towards the tastes of the general masses

Fragmentary - Broken; disconnected; incomplete

Simulacra - A slight or superficial likeness

Eclectic Nostalgia - Various causes of a nostalgic feeling towards something in the viewers' past

Superficiality - Insubstantial, insignificant or shallow

Flippant - Not being serious, despite the subject perhaps being serious, in an attempt to appear funny or clever

Depthless - A lack of depth; insubstantial

Fabulation - To tell invented stories

Pastiche - A piece of art that was made to resemble artwork from another period of time or artist

Bricolage - Something created using diverse variety of things

Aleatory - A random events or something relying on chance

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