Thursday, 30 April 2009

"Art should be apart of everyday life.As it is in Italy. Where it is all around you. My wife is venetian, and every day she would go through the piazza san marco. It was free for all. And the Palazzo Ducale. Not with some fence around it just for the few, but for everyone. And you can just go into churches and see the art. That is how it should be here, and it is not. Too often art here is closted away and only a few special people can see it. We get the idea that it is hard work and that it should be worked at.But art needn't be like that. It can be easy and fun and accssible." 
-R. Millard, the taste makers, UK Art now, 2001,UK, Thames and hudson, p31
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  1. Una Quia4 May 2009 at 13:58

    I really like the comment above. This sums up Italy for me. I am a very secular person, but I love visiting churches in Italy and looking at the art and the architecture, some of the most memorable experiences of my life have been had this way, and yes, it is very accessible.
    Venice is fantastic but Florence is even better, I have visited Florence 4 times now and I never get tired of it. They do charge to get in to some buildings though.
    However, great treasures are closeted away in Italian collections too, although the Uffizi for example, is very cheap to visit considering what you actually get to see. I was discussing entrance prices last week with some students. It's an important issue and can act as a barrier to audiences
    Louisa

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  2. Adam Brown5 May 2009 at 10:28

    yea man art for all

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  3. GB6 May 2009 at 06:25

    But is that stuff we see in churches art? It’s visual yes, but it was produced under very different conditions. In 400 years time will people be talking about our visual culture in the same way? Watching re-runs of films, walking through museums of fashion and kitchen utensils. If you look at it from an anthropological point of view the exchange value has shifted and what was an image that defined the religious authenticity of the Catholic Church has now become a tourist’s cultural signifier. Beautifully crafted but set lose in a world of changing values.

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