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had a large exhibition on Caravaggio What is interesting and telling is that they showed a 'name' like Caravaggio, and not any of the countless contemporary pa
by dagw 3y ago
had a large exhibition on Caravaggio
What is interesting and telling is that they showed a 'name' like Caravaggio, and not any of the countless contemporary painters who are every bit is technically skilled as Caravaggio was, and perfectly capable of emulating his style. If the classical visual style was still relevant in itself, every art gallery would be showing off those contemporary artists.
- MichaelZuo 3y agoWhich 'contemporary artists' still paint in the classical style? I can't think of any.
- dagw 3y agoGo visit some of the top art academies around the world. There are still schools out there training people in the classical styles. The fact that you can't really think of any artists or ever see their work out in the world kind of proves my points.
- MichaelZuo 3y agoSome of it must have been uploaded onto the internet. Are you sure there aren't any examples you can link?
- SketchySeaBeast 3y agohttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/contemporary-classical-painting-is-still-growing_b_3370484 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/contemporary-classical-painti... However, I've not got a horse in this "classical is overrated" race.
- MichaelZuo 3y agoThanks for the link.
- Bran_son 3y agoBy this standard, Beethoven's 9th Symphony is also no longer "relevant". The first to do something are remembered, those who come after must be significantly better or different to be recognized. If someone wants to see Caravaggio's style, they are likely to simply see Caravaggio - it's just name recognition, nothing to do with the "relevancy" of the style itself, whatever that means (Popularity? Or a self-fulfilling justification for whatever style the art world elite is pushing?) And there are in fact newer artists with name recognition that painted in a representational style (but not the exact same style), e.g. Dali, Frazetta, Giger, Beksiński.
- dagw 3y agoYou're missing my point. People like Beethoven because it's Beethoven, they're on the whole not interested in new music that sounds a bit like Beethoven. If you're a contemporary musician and composer you're going to have a very hard time making a successful career out of composing and performing new music in the classical and romantic style.
- Bran_son 3y agoI thought we were talking about relevancy of the style, not how difficult it is to make a living competing with Beethoven. If people still turn up in droves to perform and listen to Beethoven, that seems very "relevant" to me.
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