On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 11:36 PM, joseph berg <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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?: > - Television is the first truly democratic culture - the first culture available to everybody and entirely governed by what the people want. The most terrifying thing is what people do want.<http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/29613.html> [image: [info]] <http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/29613.html>[image: [add]] <http://www.quotationspage.com/myquotations.php?add=29613>[image: [mail]] <http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/29613.html#email>[image: [note]] <http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/29613.html#note> *Clive Barnes*
