As part of my study of the history of the development of world art, I have always been interested in why there is an absolute progression and a tendency to leave or refute old practices in most of the human sciences, but in many art forms, there is a process of return to the roots. Within architecture, the various arts related to handicrafts, painting, and music, there are simultaneous trends toward a return to the old and vice versa, an increase in the value of the new and unique.
Like many other art forms, Botstein writes that neoclassicism gained popularity by discovering new information in archeology studies (2017). Neoclassicism gained popularity in Europe through archaeological discoveries that reminded us of the grandeur of the old architecture. It played a significant role in the development of painting, re-emphasizing the authenticity of images, often based on Ancient Greek mythology. Roughly the same desire for the old can be noted in contemporary music, which increasingly refers to the harmonies and passages of the great composers or famous musicians of its time. The return of old genres in music, architecture, and painting exists simultaneously as a tendency to increase the value of the author’s unique and creative approach. The emergence of many modern art forms, such as abstract expressionism, is associated with a new understanding of art, related not to the skill level of the work but the uniqueness and uniqueness of the approach to the work and its content.
Thus, the most exciting thing for me in the study of art was to study the tendencies of its development. A return to antiquity, a return to the classics, can be seen in many popular contemporary projects and was observed in the projects of the 19th century. Still, at the same time, there was a change in society towards the promotion of novelty and originality of the work. So based on the information given in this text about the changes in art in the 19th century and my observation of trends in the different forms of human art, I would like to ask the question, what prompted society to value the uniqueness of work and in what direction is art moving?
Reference
Botstein, L. (2017). Neoclassicism, Romanticism, and Emancipation: The Origins of Felix Mendelssohn’s Aesthetic Outlook. In Mendelssohn (pp. 11-37). Routledge.