RE: Has art jumped the shark after WWI?
January 6, 2015 at 2:57 am
(This post was last modified: January 6, 2015 at 3:05 am by Alex K.)
(January 5, 2015 at 2:26 pm)abaris Wrote: But that doesn't mean I'm unable to appreciate things I personally dislike. For example, Arnold Schoenberg doesn't reach me, but I appreciate that he introduced something entirely new to music.
To me there are two quite different aspects to this topic. The first is this apparent hype of pretentious faux art which Jenny mentions here.
But Schoenberg is a different thing - he inspired me to start the thread and put WWI in the title, because with him it was most obvious that he started to eschew all things beautiful after the horrors of the war. A few weeks ago I saw this (below) live in its entirety and I was absolutely blown away. The guy was technically above any criticism and a genius, he could wagnerize better than Wagner if he wanted, and yet he decided to go in a virtually inaccessible (to mortals) direction on purpose (not pretentious lack of talent).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXhAtBT57zA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6FyLuEkV5c
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
