hi,
i'm writing a master thesis in which i among other things discuss whether an
artwork, that is created nowadays, can be called impressionist/surrealist/cubist/etc.
in all literature i've read so far, people don't even discuss the "why", they
take it as a given that an art form is restricted to its time period. well... except
for andré breton, who in his surrealist manifesto said "Young's Nights
are Surrealist from one end to the other", "Poe is Surrealist in adventure",
"Baudelaire is Surrealist in morality", etc.. which would mean that according to
him, people from any time period can be surrealist - they don't even have to be
artists. since art history wasn't invented after breton wrote that, surely, he
must have been aware of the chronological restrictions. then again - i guess he
didn't care much for rules. kind of ironic that one of the intentions of surrealism
was to rebel and now a set of rules says that nothing can be surreal any more...
anyway... i guess i should finally ask my questions...
1. was there a certain point in time when people declared that art forms are restricted
to the time period when they were invented? if so - when was that and where can i
read about it?
2. are there academics who are opposed to that view and who have written books
in which they express that?
thanks in advance...
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