Art as a socio-political reflection, lecture by Patricia Balandier
What is art? A question with no answer, but many interpretations!
Does the artist address only his potential patrons and viewers? Of which society is he the conscious or unconscious spokesperson?
These questions will be explored in the context of Western European visual arts, using the instructive example of the transition from the ‘aristocratic 17th and 18th centuries’ to the ‘bourgeois 19th century’.
Baroque or Neo-Baroque? Exuberant fantasy or majestic opulence? You decide!
Does the artist address only his potential patrons and viewers? Of which society is he the conscious or unconscious spokesperson?
These questions will be explored in the context of Western European visual arts, using the instructive example of the transition from the ‘aristocratic 17th and 18th centuries’ to the ‘bourgeois 19th century’.
Baroque or Neo-Baroque? Exuberant fantasy or majestic opulence? You decide!
