Connection Across Time

After exploring the different forms of art and music of the Age of Anxiety, I realize that artistic movements are often limited in whom they appeal to, just like the cultural transformations during the Renaissance were restricted to the lifestyle of the upper class. Old movements still live on today. As I said before, the music that was introduced at this time broke the rules of composing that existed before. However, not all music today breaks these rules, or at least not so many rules. New movements seem only to pile on top of old ones. Artists also probably try to copy some styles of previous times. It is like part of the way humans learn by passing knowledge, and art, down through time. There are still people today who practice dadaism, but there are certainly a lot more people who don't. As new things are developed, they don't take over whatever field they are a part of. They simply add to it in a way that allows others to specialize according to their own personal preferences.

There is still music played today that was written by Beethoven and Mendelssohn. While there are new forms of music being created today, I certainly do not have any knowledge of what these new things might be. The music I listen to may be written during the current time, but the basic form of the music is fundamentally the same as older music. As Dali said, people are not always ready to be exposed to the new art of the day.