Culture in five easy pictures
From Zombie
writing at PJ Media:
The Decline and Fall of Western Culture in One Photo
The other day I visited The Oakland Museum, and while I wandered through one of its rooms this scene presented itself to me.
Immediately a thought struck me: This is it � the decline and fall of Western culture is encapsulated perfectly in this one scene.
Let me explain.
Visit the site, look at the pictures and draw your own conclusions.
Most of what passes for art these days is crap. The 90+ comments are a fun read.
Zombie brings this to light -- the first statue was done in 1895:
Yes, I point out that 1895 was just about at the turning point in art history � the beginning of �modern art,� with impressionism, cubism, pointillism, etc.
The difference between then and now is that people like Van Gogh and Picasso and Seurat had true skill and were outstanding �traditional� artists before they decided to expand their artistic horizons, using their mastery to take them to new places. Whereas now, people who have no skill whatsoever ape whatever those pioneers did, but blindly.
A century later, the early cubist and abtractionist paintings have stood the test of time. Pink Lady has not.
The ultimate defense of talentless modern art is to say �all opinions are subjective.� Screw that. Some crap is just that � crap.
Posted by DaveH at October 31, 2012 7:12 PM