This internal dissent from tradition certainly affected Pugin’s view of what the true Christian style of architecture was. Pugin blamed the Reformation for the architectural decline in Britain and he championed the medieval, Gothic style that he felt was, “distinctly English”, (Richardson, 2008, page 113). All of these points demonstrate dissent however, was Pugin in fact a, “radical traditionalist”, (Mckellar, 2008, p131). In order to explore the ideas of Tradition and Dissent that was applied to the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster. I will be discussing Pugin’s abstractions, beliefs and ideologies and how they diverged from the Classical-Protestant views of the day, also, illustrating the features that could be interpreted as traditional or dissenting.
ORDINARY CULTURE AND RADICAL SUBVERSION IN DUCHAMP’S “L.H.O.O.Q.” There is no question that the work of French artist Marcel Duchamp in the early 20th century was radical, subversive and deeply defiant of prevailing and traditional cultural values and tastes in the time he lived in, and an exemplification of this is his 1919 piece L.H.O.O.Q. But when examining his works it may be clear to what extent Duchamp was simply setting out to defy or destroy the past, and whether the “anti-art” movement truly was opposed to art in and of itself. However anyone so important to the history of art cannot be so easily dismissed as abjectly and single-mindedly opposed to the milieu in which he worked and influenced so many; “even the abolition of art is respectful of art because it takes the truth claim of art seriously” (Adorno 1970). Under further examination of L.H.O.O.Q. and other pieces in his oeuvre, it becomes clear that Duchamp’s intention was not simply to destroy art, but to expand our conceptions of it, challenge it, and in doing so enrich it, and even underscore the artists and artistic traditions that preceded him.
Body ¶ 2: TS: During the Napoleonic Era, events arose that confronted the main Enlightenment belief about human nature. *ENLIGHTENMENT: higher institutions and leaders formed the nature of humans *NAPOLEONIC ERA: Napoleon was expelled because the French people became unhappy with his motives and actions, so they shaped the rest of his life (not he theirs) CS: The Enlightenment belief that the life of “common” humans was shaped by higher powers was objected to when the “common” people ejected their leader (Napoleon), hence forming
The Baby is Born: An Essay comparing Robert Rauschenberg to Jasper Johns According to Amy Newman , who wrote an excellent historical account of the development of the journal Art Forum, the absolute demise of abstract expressionism, that last vestige of modernism, was felt like a swift blow at the publishing of Art Forum in June 1967, when Sol LeWitt, Donald Judd and others published written accounts of conceptual art and minimalism that finally shed the hold of expressionism. This was preceded by the withdrawal of Clement Greenberg as an art critic in 1962 when his rock solid concept of formalism was challenged to the death. And so the art world dove into a new era of relaxed interpretation of art by critics such as... and a furious pent up desire to take on the establishment was fuelled not only by the changes in art but by the turbulent anti-Vietnam politics of the day. And so after a long and painful birth, the baby, post-modernism was born. Examination of the birth of post-modernism would be incomplete without the discussion of two artists, each uniquely instrumental in tearing down the dogma of formalism set by Clement Greenberg: Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns.
It denies the certainty of assumed scientific and objective efforts to explain reality. Critic Rosalind Krauss states that post-modernism is a “break from the aesthetic field of modernism”[2]. To begin to develop a grasp on the fabric of the 'post-modern', we must first try and understand its roots in modernism. Modernism was an evolution in a variety of fields, and based itself heavily on the perceived notion of progress. It rejected past ideals of conservative realism.
In painting, postmodernism reintroduced representation. Traditional techniques and subject matter have returned in art. It has even been argued that much of what is called postmodern today, the latest avant-gardism, should still be classified as modern art. ------------------------------------------------- As well as describing certain tendencies of contemporary art, postmodern has also been used to denote a phase of modern art. This position is adopted by both
Either way is fascinating to see how politics affect so much art. I hate the relation of art and politics. Art for me depicts freedom; on the other hand, politics depicts oppression and limitation. I didn’t know about the NEA until now, reinforcing the Mattick’s theory about the low concern about the defeat of the NEA. I strongly believe that the government has to be more concerned about culture than war.
Instead, they played what “didn’t exist in the world around them” (113). As their values changed, they began to “reject the role of the entertainer, and held themselves above tastes of the public” (112). According to Leland, nonconformism can take two forms: the relinquishing of privileges and the reclamation of privileges. The relinquishing of privileges is when one waives the privileges in order to shed the responsibilities for its actions. A great example of this is the famous quote by Emerson, “Who so be a man must be a nonconformist…” because “to be great is to be misunderstood” (115).
Punk Fashion Analysis The birth and presumed death of punk fashion and culture is recorded and analyzed thoughtfully in the article “Punk Male Fashion and Aesthetic of Entropy” by Professor Jose Blanco. Punk was a movement that appraised all antiestablishment sentiments and rejected any traditional values that emphasized positivity or regulation. The thoughts and actions projected by the members of the punk movement were reflected in the chaotic, shoddy construction of their clothing. They rejected the conservationist ideals of the hippies, and strived to make the conformist population uncomfortable with a harsh new take on music and outlandish fashion tastes. Although the punk subculture was initially created as a revolution or a resistance against mainstream ideals and fashion, the disorganized style that was popularized during the movement was effectively diffused throughout the general public as an innovated, fresh take on high fashion.
Bernard Williams, in his article on Descartes in The Encyclopaedia of Philosophy (New York and London: Macmillan, 1967), writes that Descartes' suppression of his early treatise, Le Monde, when he learned of Galileo's condemnation, reveals that spirit of caution and conciliation toward authority which was very marked in him (and which earned the disapproval of some, including Leibniz and Bossuet). The suppression also 1 For much in this article I am indebted to Richard Kennington and Stanley Rosen. [pic] page 314 affected the subsequent course of his publications, which were from then on strategically designed to recommend his less orthodox views in an oblique fashion. (p. 344) This is,