In his "Gentle Manifesto," architect Robert Venturi defines the postmodern aesthetic as one of
A) clean and simple geometries.
B) harmony with its surroundings.
C) difficult unity of inclusion.
D) docile space for modern people.

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In his "Gentle Manifesto," Robert Venturi defines postmodernism as an aesthetic that embraces diversity, complexity, and contradiction. He states that it is a difficult unity of inclusion because it seeks to include a range of styles, ideas, and cultural references, without flattening or simplifying them into a singular, homogenous whole. This approach contrasts with modernism, which aimed to simplify and streamline design in order to create a universal language of form.

In His "Gentle Manifesto," Architect Robert Venturi Defines the Postmodern