Does Art Reflect Culture? How is art reflective? Primarily this article explores how 20th century art reflected the culture around it and discusses contemporary examples of how any made thing reflects the culture around it. ———————————————————————————————————————————————- From time to time I have heard the expression that “art reflects the culture around it”. I was curious about what that […]
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How Does Art Reflect Culture?
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Apr 2012
I often think of the act of creating great art as a balancing of universal and particular elements within a work. The artist must walk a tightrope, to borrow an idea from Juliette Aristides; his balancing act is between two extremes, but in order to keep his balance he must distribute his weight into both […]
Category: Art, beauty, Poetry, Shakespeare
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Lawrence on ancient religion A note of introduction from Dr. Maurer: “Dear people, Taylor has just reminded me to send you this, that yesterday I said I’d send you, some pages from D. H. Lawrence’s book about the Etruscans (about their religion). It’s from his book called Etruscan Places; and if you like this, you […]
Category: C.S. Lewis, Classics, D.H. Lawrence, Dr. Maurer, It Is What It Is, Rome, St. Francis
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