Like modern art the set of art movements from the late 1800s to the early 1970s, or modern art like current contemporary art? Cause - okay, I’d actually have to kind of argue either one, cause on the one hand Cezanne rocks the house, but on the other hand there are some kickass stained glass workers working today, though mainstream commercial art seems to exist solely to make the entryways to corporate buildings in offensively less boring.
Classic like Botticelli and El Greco, like Ancient Greek marbles, or what? I mean, by now Magritte and Duchamp are considered classics, but somehow I doubt that’s what you’re meaning.
If anyone gives a shit, the reason -in short- is that war traumatized a generation of artists who decided they wanted to represent something other than the world as everyone knew it, or when they did, they created broken art for a broken world. It took multiple forms.
Some decided to show what they eyes perceived and not their brains, while some went galaxy brain and tried to represent every aspect of an object at the same time. Other went full symbolism, and art started also to carry strong, personal statements instead of a glorification of what had been or of rich people.
Some decided to show what they eyes perceived and not their brains, while some went galaxy brain and tried to represent every aspect of an object at the same time. Other went full symbolism, and art started also to carry strong, personal statements instead of a glorification of what had been or of rich people.