The Art of Appreciation

Barnett Newman, “The Voice”
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Monet is easy. There’s a reason his lush, bucolic scenes are reproduced as posters for dorm rooms everywhere. The colors, textures, and composition delight the eye; it doesn’t take any specialized understanding to enjoy them. But try something like abstract expressionism, with splatter art and color field paintings. These works aren’t easy; they’re neither

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