ART IN SOCIETY
Art and society have always gone hand in hand in history because one reflects the other so well. During the time of Flemish and Baroque art people and society were more focused on class system, materialism, and political powers. One of my favorite pieces that we have seen through our readings is Peter Paul Rubens' Marie de' Medici, which is a piece in honor of Queen Marie de' Medici and to celebrate her astounding political career. In this piece there is a portrait of Marie that is in the center of the huge canvas and the Gods and Goddesses are all surrounding it and reaching their hands out to it. This piece represents how Marie was viewed as a queen and it glorifies her role in politics. This piece definitely represents the time and society because in during that time a queen's actions were important to the people. Art and society work well with each other because people paint what they see and feel and it is true that it reflects the society they are currently living in.
Today's society is reflected more through color, texture, and shapes; artists are not necessarily focused on representing people or places in their art, but rather geometric shapes and things. Our paintings and sculptures today are more shapes because they truly reflect society, our society is a big mess currently with the recession, lack of gay rights, and a newly elected black president. Our society should not and is not represented through people portraits, beautiful landscapes, and of gods and goddesses as the pieces were in the 15th-17th centuries because our society is not as sync anymore. Every era in history is represented through a different era in art history, and because of this we are now seeing more of geometric shapes, a lot of color, and a huge focus on textures.
Today's society is reflected more through color, texture, and shapes; artists are not necessarily focused on representing people or places in their art, but rather geometric shapes and things. Our paintings and sculptures today are more shapes because they truly reflect society, our society is a big mess currently with the recession, lack of gay rights, and a newly elected black president. Our society should not and is not represented through people portraits, beautiful landscapes, and of gods and goddesses as the pieces were in the 15th-17th centuries because our society is not as sync anymore. Every era in history is represented through a different era in art history, and because of this we are now seeing more of geometric shapes, a lot of color, and a huge focus on textures.
Art and society collaborate with one another to reflect the truth about the current time in history. There is only so much that can be told through words about history and the occurances of the time, and the rest lies in the art of the period.
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