Sudden changes in modern art

Author: Werner Hofmann
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the art world suddenly became chaotic and disordered. Numerous schools and techniques such as Art Nouveau, Fauvism, Cubism, Abstract Art, and Performance Art surged and flowed, leaving traditional artists and general audiences bewildered. However, with the author's sharp insight, the greatest achievement of that period lay in its shattering the dominance of easel painting and illusionism since the Renaissance, breaking down the rigid distinctions between various art categories, restoring the freedom of art, and granting art a new vitality.