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a. painting
classical:
modern:
b. sculpture
classical:
modern:
c. music
classical:
modern:
d. architecture
classical:
modern:
sober update: actually, this one wasn't quite ready for publication yet, seeing as how it's missing the "theory" that's actually the point of the post, but i've been really good at hitting the wrong button lately. i'll try to finish it tomorrow.
3 comments:
Your simplistic comparisons are not useful because you take the greatest works of the "classical" periods and compare them to inferior modern works.
For example, the Disney concert hall is a beautiful masterpiece of modern architecture. It is now a square box. Even the John Hancock tower is a better comparison for modern architecture.
As for music, some contemporary music that really connects with people is not one bit inferior. Be that the Beatles or the Rolling Stones, or U2, or any number of the best of popular music.
Finally, as for art, I do not care for modern art as it is presently done, so you got me there. But the theory behind modern art is to break the connection between realism and art and go further and further into abstraction. So painting and sculpture are both in that group. But, yeah, I much prefer classical style in art myself.
I do not think living in a classical building would be all that great, however, especially with classical cooling systems in the Summer.
noblesavage: actually, rothko and smith both enjoy exalted positions at the pinnacle of the modern art world; the smith sculpture pictured above recently sold for $23.8 million.
as for the other two comparisons, i chose them for a reason; maybe when i finish the thought, it'll make more sense. or maybe not.
You are right, but you did load the dice on the architecture one.
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