The first thing that was mentioned in the class was the bias that was present in Vasari’s words. This biased view became a springboard into a whole conversation on how names generalize an entire period, for example, the Middle Ages and Gothic. Compared to the negative connotation that those two words have, Vasari’s “Renaissance” has a purely positive connotation and already places the works produced during that time on a pedestal. It was also arrogant to be calling it the Renaissance or a revival of art because Vasari is basically acting as if art hadn’t existed before that point. It was definitely interesting to learn about this bias of his and put it in relation to what progress really is. This is because, as discussed today, progress in art is hard to define because progress would mean that something is getting better over time but art is not such a linear process. Rather it is a process in which everything is good but things are simply changing because you cannot judge history based on the context we have now. It has to be put into the perspective of their time. I feel as if this will be an important point to keep in mind, that we cannot simply judge these pieces based on the knowledge we have of present day art but rather try to place ourselves in that time where art was more practical than it was for aesthetic reasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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