One way to define a particular period of time is by looking into the period’s artistic approach. From the style of writing, painting, or composition, to the overall output, determining the kind of lifestyle of a particular generation becomes possible. Although a timeline is not solely what influences artistic approaches, historians consider it as a key to understanding the enigmatic message that the late artists wanted to impart.
Considering the discernible differences among various art movements, how do you think would late artists react to the postmodern approach to art?
Late Artists and How They Were Criticized during Their Time
Back in the classical days of art, art affiliates and virtuosos critique other virtuosos’ works. As it is today, they bashed those that don’t impress the renowned artists and critics. These harsh judgments happened because of artists attempting for overtures of a new era of art. Also, treated with disdain were artworks that don’t live up to the standards of the time’s current art movement.
Even some of the greatest late artists we recognize today fell victim to these brutal critiques. To name some, there is Edgar Allan Poe, Sylvia Plath, Vincent van Gogh, and other posthumous artists. Art movements have standards that even the greatest artists didn’t pass. Or, their interests were simply in a different approach to their field of art.
How Would Late Artists React to Postmodern Art?
With everything stated above, we can’t help but wonder how late artists would react to today’s art.
Art has evolved through time and, with it, fresh ideas emerged. As ideas sprouted freely, late practices of the classical arts have been buried almost unknowingly. Thusly, if late artists were to judge the postmodern approach to art, there are three reactions to expect. They might feel impressed, downright disappointed, or just indifferent.
With opinions based on their timeline and the culture they belong to, there’s no doubt how their reactions would differ.
Aside from art defined by timelines, people and culture also influence its growth. Moreover, some postmodern artists take inspiration from classical artists. However, they alter some elements as a touch of the present movement.
There are postmodern artists whose creativity are almost boundless. Their hunger for new art ideas to emerge seems to be insatiable. It is as if a new art movement is about to dawn. And, all artists await the rays of the new art to overwhelm a generation of art affiliates with profound aesthetics.
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