On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 7:34 PM, joseph berg <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > Also, wasn't the baroque initiated from the top down, i.e., from the centers of power down to the masses? Is that the case in our times?:
