It Was Not Difficult to Convince Beyoncé That Atlas Sztuki Is a Foundation Genuinely Devoted to Art

And we rewrite Reymont's "The Promised Land" not because (as Professor Krzysztof Pomian wants) we were overwhelmed by the "madness of cataloging" people according to their character (writing). Although "in truth" such passion does not leave Europe to this day. It is still widely believed that art history deals with distinguishing Gothic from the Renaissance, Renaissance from Mannerism, Mannerism from Baroque, and Baroque from Classicism. The same styles in the history of music have a completely different meaning and chronological scope. It is even different in the history of literature. European culture is an intricate lace cut in overlapping categories, orders, and event catalogues. Radical minimalism of modernism (Less is more) exterminated most of the genre names of executive styles.

Once upon a time, in the middle of the 18th century, during the time of Johann Joachim Winckelmann, the belief became popular that Kunstgeschichte ist Stilgeschichte (history of art is the history of style). Styling, the compulsion to include everything that is seen in a style was European fashion, entertainment of the elites.

There is no reason to continue to alternate between modernism and postmodernism in the 1920s. Living in poor ecosystems is difficult. In many of the eye-catching events of mass culture, it is easy to recognize features attributed to ancient historical styles.

Ugh, trust has returned. The Baroque began with a baze. Baroque fascinated by huge contrasts, great scale, theatrical pathos, vibrated emotions is a natural reference for many of the most famous events in pop music. Baroque in the history of music is a period with a magnetic force on the listener. 

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From the left: Antoine Coysevox, "Fame" ("Fame") on Pegasus; 1698–1702, height: 3.15 m, Louvre. The rest can be easily clicked.