Resurgence of old style or a classic, but with new perspective, in art or literature is known as neoclassicism. With the first academy of art founded in Florence in Italy in the later half of the sixteenth century began the wave of integration of rather new art with old or classic artistic style. Academies founded during this period motivated the movement and also cleared the path for eighteenth and nineteenth century’s Romanticism. Central theme of Romanticism was to subdue and replace the harsh reality and practicality of life with impractical romantic ideals and attitudes. In nineteenth century clubbed with Romanticism Neoclassicism gave birth to great artists and writers. These two movements cleared the road for great future rebel artists and writers like Vincent Van Gogh and Oscar Wilde. Romanticism valued imagination and emotion over rationality. And in my opinion Oscar Wilde’s writings reflected that in the best possible way. I have studied few paintings of Van Gogh and I think he best represents the pictorial perspectives of what Oscar Wilde said. At the end of the nineteenth century this two movements or artistic styles diluted with new-age artistic styles.
What is art is one very old question and answered the most by different people in different manner. But what is appreciation and criticism of art is even more important and less rose questions. Artist’s purpose of self-expression of his imagination is art. To engulf into the sublime beauty of it is appreciation. And to do what I am doing here (to find fault in artist’s (one’s own) imagination) is criticism.
Impressionists who painted outdoor criticised Academic Arts like neoclassicism and romanticism as they preferred to paint or write what they see with their naked eyes. Unlike in academic arts study of anatomy and geometry is not that important in idealism or realist impressionists. Towards the end of the nineteenth century Paris become the world art-hub and home of so many artists. By this time European society was fed up with academic arts and gave a good chance to its legacy Idealism to flourish. The twentieth century movements assembled with new Idealism both in arts and writing had lost much of its charm of romanticism and neoclassicism. Retiring fogs from the face of romanticism revealed rather dry and ugly reality of plain modern art and writing (i.e. blogging) of our times. As far as my knowledge goes and I have read and understood the writers and artists and their works, with few exceptions like saki, since the later half of nineteenth century and earlier part of the last century best reflects the miscarriage of the romanticism's day dreams. We can not give birth to writers and artists like Oscar Wilde again and in his own words that is the fault. (of idealism, I think)
There are legions that need help understanding art, and very few blessed who naturally can understand and appreciate and criticize. Professional art writing is one of the byproduct of modern art and shows us the ugly face of reality. This is one for those who don't understand art but want to know and learn about it from the experts. Fan base of modern art is a comic reality. Professional art writer is one who writes for them. Is this the liberty one can take with modern art or is this the reality of idealism? Only a writer can judge the best or can criticise in the most fascinating manner his own books. Only an artist can understand his own work. No writings can reveal the secrets or can explain anything. After reading few pages of war and peace I conformed my belief. One should practice day dreaming more and more to get closer to self, self-loving and romanticism. No words from the experts can fulfill my heart and can stimulate my higher senses.
Aesthetic sense of my self-love provoked me to write this early in the morning. Listening to the bird’s chirping and feeling the weight of golden rays on my face here I come. Ignite your imagination to criticise me, comment me. Amen.
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