[cheney]

I was reading some history about the French Academy of art when it started up. Back then artists were supposed to make art of certain subjects or else their art was considered less important.

The primary genres things were grouped into were:
Historical paintings showing large groupings of people
Portraits showing single or few people
Landscapes
Still Lifes

Art showing Landscapes and Still-Lifes was not worth hardly anything compared to art with people no matter the difference in technical merit. Do you guys think art is still grouped into categories based on subjects for concerns of popularity?
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[Meaty Ogre]

Humanity is the most important concern of humanity. It always has been and always will be. Whether it's through art, religion or science, "we" are what is ultimately most important to us.

I think as art and art viewers become more and more sophisticated people can see that an art piece that isn't figurative can still deal with human concerns. It requires the ability to think abstractly and conceptually.

The Academy had its collective head firmly up its derriere. Like many people today.