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In science many people have simultaneously discovered similar aspects of a problem - or someone discovered something and were ignored until someone else redisco
by t43562 2y ago
In science many people have simultaneously discovered similar aspects of a problem - or someone discovered something and were ignored until someone else rediscovered it independently later. e.g. who invented the computer? or who discovered that cleanliness was essential in hospitals? Surely art is similar?
- PaulHoule 2y agoThere's also the way a successful artist can legitimize a whole area, see https://www.moma.org/collection/terms/dada/marcel-duchamp-and-the-readymade https://www.moma.org/collection/terms/dada/marcel-duchamp-an... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Lichtenstein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Lichtenstein for people like Warhol who expanded the range of "art" vs "not art".