Answer to Question #100142 in Philosophy for Leanna Moorer

Question

- Thoroughly describe two symbols that are used by Kiefer in Breaking of the Vessels.

- does Kiefer's use of symbols that relate to the past attribute to his work being classified as Postmodern?

Answer 1

 The foremost symbol in “Breaking of the Vessels” comprises vessels which illustrate the insubstantiality of existence for they are not fittingly resilient. Splintering of the vessels stresses the repercussions of inherently flawed humanity. If the humans were not innately blemished then they would not disintegrate easily like the vessels.

The secondary symbol is the bookcase which integrates glass. The uncluttered book case accentuates the diversity of Jewish heritage. The insubstantial glass signifies the magnitude of the Jewish culture’s predisposition to extinction .

The symbols in “Breaking of the Vessels” endorse Postmodernism through deconstruction and conceptualization. The emblematic vessels exhibit an archetypal conceptualization of creation. Correspondingly, the vessels deconstruct the ideology on God’s distinctiveness due to their restricted capacity that cannot contain God’s infinite divine attributes.