Eli5: What is modernism and post-modernism?
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Modernism is like when you decide to make a cool new drawing or story that’s different from what everyone else is doing. You want to try something new and show your own ideas. You might use bright colors, strange shapes, or tell your story in a way that’s different from what people are used to. Modern artists and writers did the same thing, but on a bigger scale, and they did it in the 20th century.
Post-modernism is like when you take all the things you know about drawing or storytelling and you mix them together in a silly way. You might make a drawing that’s part bird, part dog, and part spaceship, or tell a story where a princess meets a dragon who likes to eat tacos. Post-modern artists and writers did the same thing, but with ideas and styles from lots of different times and places. They wanted to show that there’s no one right way to do things, and that different ideas can be mixed together to make something new and interesting.
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