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Have you never seen Baroque & Rococo art?
by zeveb 10y ago
Have you never seen Baroque & Rococo art?
- trevyn 10y agoArt and architecture in 17th-18th century France was about demonstrating power and wealth, not appealing to innate human preferences.
- qsymmachus 10y agoRight, a $6000 Eames lounge chair just appeals to "innate human preferences", and has nothing to do with demonstrating power and wealth.
- Daishiman 10y agoDemonstrations of wealth change. When starving was not an unusual end to human life, rulers were overweight and obese. When being overweight is a sign of bad nutrition, the wealthy are fit and active. Grand displays of wealth through luxurious materials nowadays are seen as egotistical, self-aggrandizing, and antiquated. Whereas modern design is a display of the good taste and international character of someone who appreciates sleek elements yet has enough money to buy spaces that are largely empty.
- errantspark 10y agoAs far as I can tell the Eames' were all about innate human preferences, warmth and affordability. Too bad they're dead and Vitra or Herman Miller or whoever owns the licensing rights is capitalizing on their work in a borderline extortionate manner.
- keithpeter 10y agoGranted Or the interiors of ordinary people's houses in places like Morocco? Or the cafe down the road where I get 'Indian breakfast' for £3? (Channa/naan and tea made with spices).