Music Festivals and Why They Matter and From Realism to Abstraction: From Pre-Modern to Postmodern Painting, with Alan Steinfeld
Music Festivals and Why They Matter and From Realism to Abstraction: From Pre-Modern to Postmodern Painting, with Alan Steinfeld
Thursday 2:45-4pm
From the 1960s to the 1990s, Rock & Roll music gathered the best of the best and left a lasting impact on the history of the medium, producing some of best memorable performers for fans. This session is a survey of some of the greatest moments through the ages.
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Starting with Renaissance painting, art became more lifelike, more emotional and better able to depict the world. That was until the art revolution of the 19th century when work started to get a little fuzzy – more impressionistic, abstract and less tangible. Is abstraction an evolution or step backwards? How can we understand the great art in the ages of image saturation. And what do such classic works and style have to tell us about the nature of reality? We’ll look at and discuss a variety of artists’ works.