Examples abound in every form of art, from the influence of Orientalism upon Impressionism, the use of folk themes in classical musical compositions, the desire to re-create Greek plays in early Baroque opera, and so on. The Modernist artist, working under the umbrella of uniqueness, originality, transcendence, and lack of political content, would have expressed disdain for the explicit manner in which these influences manifested themselves in the works of art during that period. However, these concepts are the natural state of creating art. Those who have failed to account for this have demonstrated a historical blindness. Modernism is the anomaly, characterized by excessively narrow criteria and sensibility, while the majority of art works throughout history fulfill all the definitions of a Postmodern art.
Documentation arises with the invention of the novel.
Which Is to Come. It is often considered the first true novel because of its use of the extended narrative to portray a particular human character. At the time the novel was published, those in England who owned one book owned the Bible. Those who owned two books owned the Bible and Bunyan's novel. It attained a wide popularity because it enlightened some of the dense allegorical stories found in the Bible.