Art History

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History

 

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Jennie S

 

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August 9, 2012

 

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University

 

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We saw the Beatniks with their free verse; we saw the pop art of Andy Warhol; we saw the rise of abstractionist and surrealist painters; we saw "happenings", and we saw "ready-made" art, all of which combined to make the finding of a definition of art almost impossible. It's not a surprise that some theorists just gave up and argued that a definition of art, or an umbrella theory, was non-essential at least, and at most not possible...
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It's not a surprise that some theorists just gave up and argued that a definition of art, or an umbrella theory, was non-essential at least, and at most not possible. The artworks in themselves in the 20th century were too radical to fit a definition, so an attempt was made to turn the focus away from the artwork itself and instead focus on the "artworld"?the institutional/historical world that was the practical force for deciding where the line between art and non-art was and how it moved...
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