For a psychology assignment, I had to pick a famous person (living or dead) with a mental illness and write about them. I picked Vincent van Gogh, my favorite painter
After I turned it in, I kinda sorta fell down a rabbit hole Now I'm reading up on the history of modern art. It's SO interesting. Photography was a huge game-changer. Artists didn't have to try for realism anymore, and art took off in amazing directions.
YMMV of course, but in my humble opinion, the late 19th century was when art really started getting *good*
After I turned it in, I kinda sorta fell down a rabbit hole Now I'm reading up on the history of modern art. It's SO interesting. Photography was a huge game-changer. Artists didn't have to try for realism anymore, and art took off in amazing directions.
YMMV of course, but in my humble opinion, the late 19th century was when art really started getting *good*