Tag: Modernism
MODERNISM’S STAIN ON THE CULTURE
In writing about what historian David Barton calls “the five malpractices of modern history,” we formerly discussed Deconstructionism, meaning to overturn all the binary oppositions of metaphysics, and Poststructuralism, an idea marked by a rejection of totalizing, essentialist, foundationalist concepts such as the reality of truth or the will of God.
Picasso: psychotic pervert or iconic genius?
Art is a lie that tells the truth. I am a Communist and my painting is Communist painting. ~ Picasso Prologue to Picasso: Psychotic or Iconic? On my Facebook page last week I poised a series of perhaps rhetorical questions regarding the Spanish-French painter, Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). I asked: “Is Picasso a great artistic genius […]
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