Postmodernism

In the art, as the book says, modernism is a general term that encompasses a wide range of individual movements. Beginning in Europe in the latter part of the nineteenth century, modernism became the dominant force in art and design from around 1915 to 1975. Postmodernism, according to the book, has four fundamental beliefs, form, embracing new materials, desiring to bring art to the general population rather than working for an elite, and understanding and express universal truths. However, many modernists became trapped by their own success, according to the book, because modernist buildings often seemed cold and monolithic.