Impressionism is a tough call. Is it degenerate, or based? On the one hand, you have a group of artists who long for pure art, away from the the pompous world of patronage and portraiture. The en plein air movement is certainly based, and almost monastic in artists like Monet. Mary Cassat’s celebration of mothers and children is based, as is Degas’ studies of the innocent beauty of young ballerinas. Cezanne’s lovely apples are hypnotic and wonderful. Hard to say anything bad about him, really.
On the other hand, you have the degenerate and syphilitic midget Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, who reveled in the debauchery of Paris cafe society and absinthe. And Édouard Manet, who was nothing more than a fancy pornographer. Van Gogh was simply insane. They should have gotten him help.
Didn't expect to get into the weeds of art history on .win, but here we are lol.
I'm not saying you throw the baby out with the bath water regarding Impressionism and some of the Impressionists, I'm merely stating that the progressive art movement started there, which is true. And like all "progressive" movements, there is no end.
At some point you end up with mental patients menstruating on a canvas while orangutans throw feces at it.
Impressionism is a tough call. Is it degenerate, or based? On the one hand, you have a group of artists who long for pure art, away from the the pompous world of patronage and portraiture. The en plein air movement is certainly based, and almost monastic in artists like Monet. Mary Cassat’s celebration of mothers and children is based, as is Degas’ studies of the innocent beauty of young ballerinas. Cezanne’s lovely apples are hypnotic and wonderful. Hard to say anything bad about him, really.
On the other hand, you have the degenerate and syphilitic midget Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, who reveled in the debauchery of Paris cafe society and absinthe. And Édouard Manet, who was nothing more than a fancy pornographer. Van Gogh was simply insane. They should have gotten him help.
Didn't expect to get into the weeds of art history on .win, but here we are lol.
I'm not saying you throw the baby out with the bath water regarding Impressionism and some of the Impressionists, I'm merely stating that the progressive art movement started there, which is true. And like all "progressive" movements, there is no end.
At some point you end up with mental patients menstruating on a canvas while orangutans throw feces at it.
I was not expecting this critique of Impressionism on a post mocking the screaming soyboy and discussing guns.
I must admit I have a soft spot for Italian Futurism.