Category: Post Modern

Some while ago I wrote an article that attempted to explain why I hate modern art. The thrust of my article was that modern art appreciation has shifted the emphasis from the finished artwork to the act of creation itself. Consequentially, a splattered mess of paint can be considered great art if it has a [...]

Dyadic Approaches to the Divine: Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Religion and Gender in a Post-Modern World 
 Understanding the role religion could or should play in the modern era is a central topic in the study of religion. Today, in world where God is almost, but not quite dead, how can we translate traditional beliefs into the [...]

The timeline of art history The history of art can be traced back to cave paintings of about 15000 BC. The nature of paintings changed little until around 1450 AD, when the Renaissance brought-about naturalistic styles and formal rules of composition, such as perspective (Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, etc). Following the Renaissance, new styles emerged [...]

The success of a piece of art depends on how deftly it connects with the audience. If an artwork successfully communicates its message, it is considered to be a masterpiece. Some of the most artistic works of art began flowering in the 19th century till 1970. The flowering of modern art thus began in this [...]