• TraschcanOfIdeology [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    3 months ago

    You don’t hear the end about the classical painters because that’s what society has declared to be Good Art.

    What you think is “society” was actually art traders and rich people from hundreds of years ago, as opposed to less than a hundred years ago. Doesn’t mean that the works and the artists should be dismissed because of the material conditions of the time, but rather taken into account when appreciating said art.

    • RyanGosling [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      3 months ago

      The person im replying to suggests the need to “push back” against a supposed “movement” or mass defense of abstract art. I’m not trashing on traditional art, just saying that it “pushing back” against abstract art is entirely pointless because society doesn’t care about it enough for it be meaningful in any way.