Art History, Period 1, Class 11 [4-4]

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"Let's move forward into the twentieth century," Steve said as class began, "and modern art. Now, when most people think of 'modern art' they think of those paintings you see where it's like three blocks of color and you think, "My three-year-old cousin could do that. But it's more broad than that. Some would count all art going back to the seventeenth century as 'modern' but I feel that's a bit disingenuous. So. Twentieth century. Moving toward abstraction, largely." Steve went on to briefly cover such art movements as Cubism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, and Pop art. He was notably more knowledgeable about those occurring before World War II, but he did his best. After all, he'd read a lot since he'd been unfrozen. "So, is there one of these movements that speaks to or intrigues you? And why?"

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"I'm not going to give you my opinions," Steve said, "since I lived part of this. I was in art school in the thirties. It wouldn't be fair. I want to hear what you think, almost a decade removed from the twentieth century entire."

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Naminé considered. "I ... feel somewhat drawn to the Cubism," she said. "I like the idea that you're removing a fixed perspective. That perhaps there is no one true perspective, but many angles to approach truth. Or beauty, or art. Also it reminds me of someone's home."

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"I've always liked abstract," A.J. said, and shrugged, "although all the modern art movements have influenced my work a lot. I don't know. You can't always perfectly explain how you feel about something. Emotions aren't black and white, but they're still tangible. I think that's what fuels abstract. At least, it's always fueled it for me. It's trying to put into shape those feels that you can't quite put into shape, and that's gonna reflect in any decent piece, y'know?"