91eb3382_tices_and_the_Postmodern_Frame__Issues_that_formed_modernism
widespread realisation of the gap between the optimistic ideas of modernity and the contemporary reality of acid rain, AIDS, nuclear pollution and urban decay. Little faith in progress, science and dogma that “new is best” (study of museums- museology [Issues that formed modernism] 
characterised by: belief in authority/leadership, patriarchy, formal education, faith/optimism in science, technology to create progress)
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Issues that formed modernism