I used to watch them examine and analyze art in TV shows and movies and it always made it seem like something so academic. Like if I couldn't break it down and identify the fundamental pieces then I was somehow doing it wrong, and so maybe art wasn't for someone like me. It wasn't until I went on a trip to Italy and toured the various museums that it finally started to resonate for me that I don't have to know all the details to appreciate what I'm seeing. Those that can analyze art have a talent and skill that I don't have...but that doesn't mean I can't enjoy looking at the same pieces and finding my own meaning and joy.
Right, much of great modern art lacks a lot of symbolism and even things to break apart and dissect, rather, it’s all about the mood of the painting and the immediate impression it gives the viewer. With Rothko, a lot of his work takes backgrounds from great Renaissance works and breaks them down into simple color bricks, but understanding where he gets his influence is still almost entirely irrelevant from enjoying the piece’s raw emotional core.
I used to watch them examine and analyze art in TV shows and movies and it always made it seem like something so academic. Like if I couldn't break it down and identify the fundamental pieces then I was somehow doing it wrong, and so maybe art wasn't for someone like me. It wasn't until I went on a trip to Italy and toured the various museums that it finally started to resonate for me that I don't have to know all the details to appreciate what I'm seeing. Those that can analyze art have a talent and skill that I don't have...but that doesn't mean I can't enjoy looking at the same pieces and finding my own meaning and joy.
Right, much of great modern art lacks a lot of symbolism and even things to break apart and dissect, rather, it’s all about the mood of the painting and the immediate impression it gives the viewer. With Rothko, a lot of his work takes backgrounds from great Renaissance works and breaks them down into simple color bricks, but understanding where he gets his influence is still almost entirely irrelevant from enjoying the piece’s raw emotional core.
Art is life! Water is life!
Literally tho!! Art is so diverse and it's a shame we're rarely taught more other than the main stream realism pieces