ROME IS WHERE THE HEART IS, THE START OF A MODERN-DAY DIGITAL RENAISSANCE
I recently caught myself diving into the depths of art, visual culture, and the understanding of how the renaissance is constantly being reflected in our current art world now (I suggest these depths not be entered), I have also been reading a book called “Nothing if Not Critical” by Robert Hughes. I think the critic he was and the criticism he shared was so valuable to the art world, including myself, as he has opened my mind to scale when it came to understanding the arts and how I go about unpacking my personal theories I take on dates.
Robert Hughes was a firm believer that the culture of politics, economics, and mass media ruins art he also felt strongly that the late modern collections from Canberra to Minneapolis to Venice were all purchased from the same menu. I always wonder if this correlates to how Alberti felt when he stood tall against the art patrons about the uses of gold and promoting majesty.
The Italian Renaissance was attached to the prestige of Roman and Greek cultures where words, paintings, and sculptures were weighed so heavily because of the intent behind wanting to represent a time of shared pearls of wisdom. The digital art world is promoting the same prestige due to the force of outside societies but having the willingness to share practices that have been around since the first computer was made while their intent remains mindful.
ARTISTS HAVE WHAT THE AVERAGE PERSON COULD TEND TO NOT HAVE AND THAT IS FUNCTION. (Something like an exponent)
What is your function as an artist?
You should not confuse this with “what utility does your work possess” or “finding ways to describe what your art means”. This is about what degree an artist stands for and what he or she believes and how they go about using their tools to provide. I sent out a tweet that was on how our digital visual language is officially representing how we are and where we are in the world. This was a standing point on the term “Bourgeois Art” created by Peter Burger which reflects on a broad conceptual framework, which views artistic developments as being driven ultimately by social and economic change.
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