Week 2: What are the rules can be broken?

1. David (1501-1504), Michelangelo

2. Feast in the House of Levi (1573), Veronese

3. The Kiss (1907-08), Constantin Brancusi 

4.Autumn rhythm no.50 (1950), Jackson Pollock 

5. The Sunrise (1872), Claude Monet

6. The Fountain (1917), Marcel Duchamp

7. The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living (1991), Damien Hirst

The contemporary art today is a result attributed by many of the prominent rule breakers. These people have been endlessly redefining the definition of art. I would like to zoom into the fine art discipline to name out some of the rule-breaking artists with their contribution. Michelangelo who was one of the most influential artists broke the rules of nature and established his aesthetic taste of an ideal beauty. This ideology of beauty had become a measure ruler for many artists in the Baroque and Rocco eras such as Pontormo, Caravaggio. Veronese was brought to court with his painting “Last Supper” which was later changed to “Feast in the House of Levi” for his imagination of painting Christ with buffalo and drunkards. Brancusi and Jackson Pollock broke the whole set of ideally realistic beauty and established his new style which is called abstract. Claude Monet challenged the art critics with his visible brushwork of an impressionist. On the other hand, Marcel Duchamp and Damien Hirst broadened the definition of arts. They challenged the critics to what extent it is considered as art with the use of their materials. After all, we should appreciate these brilliant rule breakers for making the art to evolve and shaping our presence