Modern Art Argument Analysis

Isabella, I read your post and I wanted to add to the conversation. You bring up some very interesting and good points. For me, this video interpreted a reasonable argument against the decline of art. Why is Modern Art so bad? Well, I don't think it is, but for some, I do think it is valid to point out that it has erased an identity and the expectation of excellence in tradition. I have quite an affinity to Modern Art, so, it pains me to agree with some of the videos points. I think to sum up the argument against the ideas of Modern Art, is to state that it largely focuses on the individual. This is what I truly like about it, I can see the world through another’s eyes, but the other side of it is about giving credit to the traditional structure

of art. I must acknowledge that Impressionism sparked an increasingly popular need in artists to translate their individuality and unique view. In many ways, a community was lost by disbanding and breaking up the "rules" to become individual. From that art seems to take on an alienated role. I'm sure there are too many elements involved in these new attitudes to list all, but perhaps questioning religion (on a large scale), feeling painfully small in comparison to the universe, and the crisis of looking at how much humanity has accomplished in comparison to its ability to destroy had major influences on the direction art took. To many, it may be viewed as losing a level of equal standing to rate artists within their own community. I agree that the older styles of art were more focused on realistically depicting subjects, but they also had the ultimate goal of moving an audience by telling a story. I think that by creating art, humans aim to express what they are feeling (even if they might not want to create a specific piece) no matter what era they come from.