An interesting take on the changes in art over the past 170 years and why traditional art is still so important to many of us. Michael Wing ends his article with: From the time of the ancient Greeks and earlier, artists have sought to uplift humankind through their work. Although the world we live in today may seem ugly and unpleasant at times—one need only watch the global news to see what horrors go on in the world—that just makes the decent things in life all the more precious. The traditional arts aim to lift us out of this ugliness by expressing values such as goodness and beauty. Our ancient ancestors gave us a rather sophisticated vehicle for realizing such ideas: the traditional arts. Hard to argue with that.
Of ‘-isms,’ Institutions, and RadicalsMarch 28, 2017
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