Hey, I ran across this site (link below) a while back; I think it’s just fascinating. I tend to lose many minutes of my life when I log on. I’m thinking about what our generation will leave that artists in the future will pick up on. So much of art in the past (and present, of course) has been influenced by religious imagery/allegory. Will our post-secular era leave something else that artists will pick up on: Scientific progress, multiculturalism; internationalism; something else entirely? The below site is a mix (a blend) of interesting movements but steampunk and sci-fi is definitely at it’s core. Steampunk is a sub-genre of art that takes influence from fantasy and pre-industrial/industrial europe when industry was just taking off and steam/coal were king.
I’ve heard it said recently that there is a surprising lack of good art made at the behest of science. For instance, one of the seminal moments in our past, the moon landing, has inspired very few artists to make great works in the vein of Michaelangelo’s Sistine Chapel, or Leonardo’s Last Supper. The question of course, why? The site below highlights at least a few artists who seem to take quite a lot of inspiration from science (although quite a bit is fantastical as well). What do you think?
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/
