Aesthetics and the
Christian Musician—part 6
After French impressionism, came
several schools of artistic thought that had an effect on music philosophy and
composition. Dadaism was one of those
movements that struck out at traditional aesthetic and moral values. This school of thought, starting around 1916,
used chance techniques and was a very irreverent and often irrational artistic
absurdity. Proponents of Dadaism were
Tristan Tzara (1896-1963), Jean Arp (1887-1966) and others.
This movement gave rise to surrealism
which was formulated by André Breton (1896-1966) and made famous by Salvador
Dali (1904-1984). The philosophy of
surrealism came from Breton’s automatism philosophy that what a person thinks,
feels or wills is determined by physical changes in that person’s body. This philosophy purports that although one is
fully conscious, actions come from subconscious images over which that person
has no control.
Thought
for the Day
At
the time of Impressionism morals and theology weakened before the fine arts
become distorted. This is spoken of in 2Timothy 4:3-4, “For the time will come
when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they
heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away
their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” It is also mentioned in Romans 1:24-25 Professing
themselves to be wise, they became fools, Who changed the truth of God into a
lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is
blessed forever. Amen.”
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