1. The “isn’t that disgusting strategy” that critics of modern art often use to critique works is effective with some people because it allows them to glimpse over the art’s meaning and simply state it is not a good piece of work. It is much easier to say something is ugly than try to understand why it appears that why. The type of critique is convincing for many people as once an artwork is deemed ugly or of little skill, it devalues the work and makes it seem not as important or significant as other works, and therefore, little attention needs to be given it.
2. When the author notes, “What counts as a significant cultural claim, however, depends on what is going on in the broader intellectual and cultural framework” he is explaining how …show more content…
Expressing truth in art was important to early 20th century artist as they were trying to reflect the reality of the world they saw. If the world was thought to be ugly and fractured, artists were not focused on idealizing the world and creating a misrepresentation of it. They focused on creating a more realistic representation of the world exposing the ugliness that they believed to make up the world. “The Old Guitarist” by Pablo Picasso depicted “truth” in the world by recognizing the suffering of individuals, specifically those of the lower class. The coloring of the painting represents a time of hopelessness and somber as the shades of blue are carried all throughout the piece from the man’s skin to the ground he sits on. The positioning of the old man emphasizes his bony frame adding to the emotional content of the piece. The act of playing the guitar slumped over illustrates how individuals of lower class often begged for pennies. The piece accurately represents the lives of individuals that lived on the …show more content…
The author argues that Marcel Duchamp’s work was not concerned about the object of which was the focus of his work, or the ascetics of that object. The purpose behind his work was to provoke thought and discussion about art and what art is or is not. The discussion should not revolve around the particular aesthetics, or that an object or subject has a particular meaning as he did not paint or create works for this purpose. In Marcel Duchamp’s “A Sad Young Man on a Train”, the primary focus is the depiction of movement. With depicting motion as the ultimate goal, I agree with the author’s argument about Duchamp as portraying motion in a static image was relatively new to art and draws attention the evolution of painting and art in the 20th
2. When the author notes, “What counts as a significant cultural claim, however, depends on what is going on in the broader intellectual and cultural framework” he is explaining how …show more content…
Expressing truth in art was important to early 20th century artist as they were trying to reflect the reality of the world they saw. If the world was thought to be ugly and fractured, artists were not focused on idealizing the world and creating a misrepresentation of it. They focused on creating a more realistic representation of the world exposing the ugliness that they believed to make up the world. “The Old Guitarist” by Pablo Picasso depicted “truth” in the world by recognizing the suffering of individuals, specifically those of the lower class. The coloring of the painting represents a time of hopelessness and somber as the shades of blue are carried all throughout the piece from the man’s skin to the ground he sits on. The positioning of the old man emphasizes his bony frame adding to the emotional content of the piece. The act of playing the guitar slumped over illustrates how individuals of lower class often begged for pennies. The piece accurately represents the lives of individuals that lived on the …show more content…
The author argues that Marcel Duchamp’s work was not concerned about the object of which was the focus of his work, or the ascetics of that object. The purpose behind his work was to provoke thought and discussion about art and what art is or is not. The discussion should not revolve around the particular aesthetics, or that an object or subject has a particular meaning as he did not paint or create works for this purpose. In Marcel Duchamp’s “A Sad Young Man on a Train”, the primary focus is the depiction of movement. With depicting motion as the ultimate goal, I agree with the author’s argument about Duchamp as portraying motion in a static image was relatively new to art and draws attention the evolution of painting and art in the 20th