Fine art can only be defined as exclusive, negative, absolute and timeless. It is not practical, useful, related, applicable, or subservient to anything else.

Ad Reinhardt

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Topic

Nature of art Art

Author

Ad Reinhardt

Source

ARTnews

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Painter Artist

From

United States

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Citation

Reinhardt, Ad. "Twelve Rules for a New Academy." ARTnews, May 1957.

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Every tool carries with it the spirit by which it has been created.

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Topic
Tools

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Werner Heisenberg
Medium
Lecture
Language
English
Time
1958 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Heisenberg, Werner. "An Old and a New Tradition." Gifford Lectures. Winter term 1955-1956, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, UK.

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Much of modern art is devoted to lowering the threshold of what is terrible. By getting us used to what, formerly, we could not bear to see or hear, because it was too shocking, painful, or embarrassing, art changes morals.

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Freak Show

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Topic
Modern art Power of art Art

Author

Susan Sontag
Source
Freak Show The New York Review of Books
Medium
Essay Magazine
Language
English
Time
1973 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Sontag, Susan. "Freak Show." The New York Review of Books, 15 Nov. 1973.