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Would you do that meme with an artistic semi| abstract photo of a woman vs one of a full portrait from your Lidl catalogue because there's more details, colours?
There has been a huge resurgence of people deeming art>beauty, accuracy as a criteria, common since modern art appeared on the art scene, but is worrying as an absolute and a society level of art, media and global literacy.
#art #artdiscussion #modernart #abstract #abstractart #realism #degenerateart #arttaste #creation

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Works by German artist Rudolf Schlichter, 1920s, a member of the New Objectivity movement known for his portraits depicting urban life in Weimar Berlin. In the 30s he was denounced as "Degenerate" by the Nazis, and his studio was destroyed by Allied bombs in 1942.