Art Mirrors its Age
The great historian and art critic Herbert Read had left us a tremendous legacy of important treatises on art and its history. Read’s idea that a major component of any substantial art will mirror its age is most interesting. One can trace this effect on art through the centuries. I have given this idea much thought through my artistic career and it has influenced my art. If we venture back to the 17th century, this was a time when the only pictorial record available was the
