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Au fond de l'Inconnu pour trouver du nouveau! -- Charles Baudelaire There is no great work of art which does not convey a new message to humanity -- Arnold Schoenberg semper idem sed non eodem modo -- Heinrich Schenker I'm devoted to the principle of originality --John Cage There is nothing new under the sun -- Ecclesiastes 1:9. |
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New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created, see news. It contrasts to tradition, experience and things that are old.
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Etymology
From Middle English newe, from Old English nīwe, nēowe (“new”), from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz (“new, fresh”), from Proto-Indo-European *néwos (“new”).
Related terms
Related term include avant-garde, innovation, modern, nouveau, neo, new wave, new media , novel, novelty, originality, proto.
Modernism: new for new's sake
Au fond de l'Inconnu pour trouver du nouveau! said Charles Baudelaire. In doing so he defined modernism, which is the deliberate departure from tradition and the use of innovative forms of expression.
References
- Make It New: Essays (1935) by Ezra Pound
- The Tradition of the New (1959) by Harold Rosenberg
- The Shock of the New (1980) by Robert Hughes
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