The article about Clement Greenberg. Greenberg was an influential art critic whose views and arguments contributed strongly to defining “Modernism” in the context of Western Fine Art. Greenberg favored abstraction as a purified and universal form of representation which would transcend specific spatial and historical contexts.
The Introduction to Inside Modernity by Harney and Phillips which critically re-evaluates Western Modernism from the perspective of non-Western artists.
The purpose of my paper is to evaluate what kind of Modernist ideas are visualized in the paintings of Pablo Picasso.
II. Present cultural and historical context of the artist’s work
III. Analyze style: how this artist uses line, volume, color, spatial illusion, balance, focal point, unity or variety of composition; ask yourself if this work is more realistic or abstract ?
