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Exactly: did the author of the "Code of Hammurabi" shock? Did the sculptor of the see of Tutankhamen shock? Did Michaelangelo "shoc? Did Bach "shock"? People d
by pfortuny 12y ago
Exactly: did the author of the "Code of Hammurabi" shock? Did the sculptor of the see of Tutankhamen shock? Did Michaelangelo "shoc? Did Bach "shock"?
People did not resort to art as a path for shock. Even pornography (as Herculan and Pompey prove) was not "shocking".
Gore and sex are not important to art. It has other issues more relevant.
The question to me is... Can modern art please? It does not seem to.
- maxerickson 12y agoYou may be trampling jargon. I find plenty of the art here pleasing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_art http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_art ("contemporary" describes art currently being produced in a less ambiguous way)
- 7Z7 12y agoGore and sex are exactly as important to art as the artist and the audience see fit. You are also conflating how shocking a piece is to the artist's intent to create a shocking piece. They are not necessarily related.