{"id":6449,"date":"2006-08-18T10:01:43","date_gmt":"2006-08-18T10:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/08\/cranky-prof-does-dada.html"},"modified":"2006-08-18T10:01:43","modified_gmt":"2006-08-18T10:01:43","slug":"cranky-prof-does-dada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/08\/cranky-prof-does-dada.html","title":{"rendered":"Cranky Prof does Dada"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cranky Prof visited the DaDa exhibit at the MoMA and says:<\/a><\/p>\n

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So why do I like Dada so much, I the medievalist? Well, it’s because I’m not a classicist<\/strong>, however much I teach it. I prefer Romanesque sculpture to Gothic and Carolingian painting to Romanesque. I like conceptualism more than naturalism and firmly believe that the adjective ‘slavish’ should never be far away from the latter. Dada has its problems — I’m not in favor of rebellion for the sake of rebellion, after all. I am in favor of rebellion against the religion of art — whether that of the 19th century academy or the late 20th century blockbuster. And anyone who draws a mustache on the Mona Lisa<\/a>, instead of turning her into a portrait of the Magdalen<\/a>, is a friend of mine.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Not an art historian or an art anything, by any means…my instincts are with Cranky Prof! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Cranky Prof visited the DaDa exhibit at the MoMA and says: So why do I like Dada so much, I the medievalist? Well, it’s because I’m not a classicist, however much I teach it. I prefer Romanesque sculpture to Gothic and Carolingian painting to Romanesque. 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