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We found 7 Reddit comments about Why Your Five Year Old Could Not Have Done That: Modern Art Explained. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.

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Why Your Five Year Old Could Not Have Done That: Modern Art Explained
THAMES HUDSON
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7 Reddit comments about Why Your Five Year Old Could Not Have Done That: Modern Art Explained:

u/PhatChance52 · 3 pointsr/WTF

Someone could put in a ton of effort, and still come out with something that people found shitty. Meanwhile, absurdity is a quality that several writers, directors and painters have been lauded for (Beckett, Dali and many more). I'm leaning towards the guy up above that mentioned the attitude of 'shitty modern art/performance' is more about pulling down the other guy and making the person feel better.

There's an excellent book about the subject, at least in terms of art specifically, called Why Your 5 Year Old Couldn't Have Done That, which is also a very good read into the bargain.

u/de_Silentio · 2 pointsr/Denmark

Altså, æstetik er mange forskellige ting, og folk forstår endnu mere forskelligt ved det. Der findes ekstremt bøger om, hvad kunst er, kunstens historie, hvorfor noget er god kunst og hvorfor din 5-årige ikke kunne have lavet det. Det ville en kunsthistoriker nok være bedre til at anbefale.

Når det kommer til filosofisk æstetik, er det nok Dorthe Jørgensen, der er Danmarks absolutte autoritet på området. Hun har skrevet to doktorafhandlinger om emnet (Skønhedens metamorfose og Den skønne tænkning), men hun har også skrevet meget mere pædagogisk og introducerende om emnet, f.eks. i Skønhed. En engel gik forbi. De fleste af mine bøger ligger i fjernlager lige nu, så jeg kan ikke kigge efter, men jeg husker sidstnævnte som ret ligetil.

Jørgen Dehs er også ret god. Hans nyeste bog Det autentiske. Fortællinger om nutidens kunstbegreb handler om, hvilken rolle det autentiske (det ægte, oprigtige) spiller i kunsten (det kunst-ige, opstillede). Han har også redigeret antologien Æstetiske teorier, der har nogle fine tekster i sig.

u/boocrap · 2 pointsr/AskHistorians

My SO has the same thing, maybe this might you feel a tiny bit better http://www.amazon.co.uk/Your-Five-Year-Could-Have/dp/0500290474

u/Poloniculmov · 2 pointsr/Romania

Citește asta sau celelalte cărți 'intro' pentru artă modernă, dacă vrei nițel context.

u/thecritic06 · 1 pointr/unitedkingdom

It's tempting to buy a pallet of copies of this book to throw at people who trot out the same old ignorant bollocks over and over.

u/etwa777 · 1 pointr/Romania

[Why Your Five Year Old Could Not Have Done That: Modern Art Explained ] (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Your-Five-Year-Could-Have/dp/0500290474)