Revisiting the Classic

From contemporary art, let us now revisit the classic. Originaloil paintings that caught the attention of many scholars are no doubt originated from the art genius themselves who lived during time where knowledge was most sought and geniuses from different fields arose challenging the traditional views of religions, most especially as that of Christianity.

Leonardo da Vinci in the field of Arts while we name Newton in Science as few among the geniuses in the old times whose names are until now carried on not to classroom lessons alone but even in films and books.  The famous Da Vinci inspired novel which was adopted by a catchy film that grossed to millions of dollars cannot deny the fact that people became obsessed with Newton’s code that led the way for the heir to reveal herself.  Among the many high grade paintings that this Earth has ever produced, Mona Lisa claimed the fame in this modern time. Yes, it was famous before but who would ever thought that during these years where contemporary art is expected to overshadow what is classic, the original oil painting of Mona Lisa reclaimed its fame once again. We are not so sure if it is the Draconian Devil that triggered its revival in this contemporary time or the code from the Petruvian Man or just simply because it is Da Vinci’s Feminine Sacred and nothing else can beat that.

Traditionally, wall paintings are expressions of faith. As we know, they became renowned as artworks from the reign of Roman Catholicism. So mostly, during those times, you would see depiction of heaven and all the figures that dwell in it like angels fighting over good and evil. And because this faith also believed in the presence of Satan trying his best to conquer what God has created, many wall paintings, as well, revolve around related subjects. And yes, all these high grade artworks, even those that may seem very anti-Christian in meaning were unquestionable. The depiction was subtle and message was yet to be discerned as opposed to what at present is considered art that is vulgar, blatant, and message that is too direct where no underlying meaning in depth is to discover.

Can contemporary art revive the depth of the finest of fine arts when it comes to depicting good over evil or vice versa, faith and religion, or the presence of evil on Earth without disrespecting the belief of others? If an artist created Mary Magdalene as a romantic companion of Jesus Christ in is original oil painting, then we can just credit it to imagination, fiction, or just simply creativity. But if out of an artwork created is a male genital stuck in the face of a religious icon, can we still call that art? If the answer is yes, then society needs to exert too much effort to revisit the progress of what is art now? Art is not a direct representation of something.  There needs to be an underlying meaning that has to be discerned. And by the way, to say that it needs some decoding to come up with a meaning can be too much, on the other hand.