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in the mean time in america with the industrial revolution, illustration is in its golden age because people will buy more of things when art is good. which lead to...
art nuevo, we hate utilitarian design make things delicate and beautiful!
and art deco, actually industry is cool as hell! this led to brutialism, bauhaus, and then modern design
back to europe. impressionism and realism are still movements that are influencing artists despite their opposites approaches to art. you get an artist like Egon Schiele, an art style that embodies making an impression of realism
ww1 and ww2 happen, american and russia are the centers of the art world
russia is pretty much untouched by all these art movements and is known for being both skillfully crafted from centuries old institutions, and still artistically motivated because only the best get shown on the world stage
american art is only known for being industrialist and thats a bad thing because no artistic motivation!
CIA wants to push american greatness across the world so they push american artists who are all artistic motivation and no skill to double down on what impressionists, and realists were pushing. you get scribles on wall because feelings
then rich people use art to launder, pop art happens because businesses know they can get in on this too
schools change to fit this idea of art
it bleeds even into industrious art that is made for illustration