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Posted by Dave-A (A) on April 16, 2002 at 21:09:58

In Reply to: Re: Cubism nt. posted by highendman on April 16, 2002 at 15:50:30:

Just a couple of observations.
Picasso did not originate 'cubism'. Georges Braque did.

Cezanne was probably THE most influential artist of the last 2 centuries. Certainly on a very short list.

Picasso was unbelievably prolific and creative. That earns him enormous respect. He created art works of all levels of quality.

You may not like someone's art. That means exactly nothing about the quality of the art. You have to ask: why do art historians consider this guy's work great? Then see if you can discover for yourself.

There are a number of artists that garner respect that is questionable, in terms of just what they accomplished and the lasting influence on other artists. The DADA group immediately comes to mind. Even though
Duchamp created some early great works, his lasting influence is rather nihilistic and has actually set the whole art world back for the last 50+ years.

But, hey everyone makes a mistake once in awhile, even the critics and historians.

But this is no art history class.
Is pseudo-intellectual an actual concept, or a political construct.

Later
D