On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 11:56 PM, joseph berg <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 3:44 AM, saul ostrow <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Seemingly art historically the period of change and transition we now >> call >> the Baroque can be thought of as analogous to our ownfor instance might we >> not rewrite the following: >> >> Baroque style featured "exaggerated lighting, intense emotions, release >> from restraint, and even a kind of artistic sensationalism". Baroque art >> did not really depict the life style of the people at that time; however, >> "closely tied to the Counter-Reformation, this style melodramatically >> reaffirmed the emotional depths of the Catholic faith and glorified both >> church and monarchy" of their power and influence. >> >> >> Contemporary art features "exaggerated means, intense cynicism and irony, >> a release from the restraints of reason, and artistic sensationalism". >> While Contemporary Art does not really depict the life style of the people >> of our times; however, it is "closely tied to the crisis of Capitalism >> and >> as such this style melodramatically reaffirms the arrogant depths of >> Capitalist ideology and glorifies both power and influence corporate >> greed >> and cultural influence <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque#cite_note-8> >> >> > > When it comes to music, the baroque composers did not sound as different > from each other as the later romantic composers did: > > - The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of > expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality. > > Marya Mannes > Also in baroque music, the forms may have been exaggerated, intensified and sensationalized, but not beyond recognizability. We live in times where extreme individualism has destroyed any consensus which might have existed.
