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276 - The End Of Desacrilization in Art

The Symbolic World

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Is There a Movement in Modern Art?

Archimboldo's concerns are very much the concerns of a contemporary artist today. The desire to show the world in its details will ultimately lead to something like idiosyncrasy. And so there are many types of idiosyncrasies and this kind of idiosyncrasy shows exception and shows strangeness. If you look at Florentine Quiera, you can see how twisted and strange the proportions are compared to Christ.

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