French Artists
French artists in this century continued
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French artists in this century continued a process started by the Impressionists in the last century by questioning the meaning of art and by trying to extend that meaning into new areas. Art is sometimes concrete in style and form and sometimes abstract, but the concept of "art" itself is an abstraction. Art is a form of personal expression that has meaning only in a social setting. Art communicates, and this means it must consist of an artist to shape the message, the medium in which the message is shaped, and the audience to whom the message is communicated. "Message" here may be only aesthetic principles which become art when they are recognized as such. In each era, the aesthetic principles will differ, with some ideas discarded and others newly accepted. There are rarely major breaks with the past, and even those shifts that seem to be major breaks depend on the existing aesthetic even if only as a counter for comparison. New aesthetics indicate not only a change in tastes but also in economics, social relations, politics, and other societal forces. There have been many such shifts in aesthetic viewpoint in this century, each redefining art in terms of the existing social relations and prevalent aesthetic ideas. Proponents of these new aesthetics often claim to have discovered what art really is or should be, but in truth art is always in the act of becoming, leaving behind examples of each style and aesthetic on the continuum.
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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page)
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