In my CCT314 course, we’ve learned about Jean Baudrillard’s idea about postmodernism. As Professor Maharajh quoted from Baudrillard, “the two big ideas about postmodernism are simulation and hyper-reality.” (Maharajh, 2018)Ever since 1960’s, the idea of postmodernism that what people see and live in is not real seemed suits everywhere and all the time. Sometimes people [...]
According to Arthur Lismer, members of the Group of Seven had been particularly careful with depicting Canadian landscape paintings. They made their paintings corresponding to the landscape in Canada with typical Canadian features.[1]As a member of the Group of Seven, Lawren Harris’s work particularly emphasized the idea of the “North” as a Canadian national consciousness.[2]His [...]
Daniel Xu 