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robinn137 · **on:** Jun 23, 2018

Consider the differences between outsider (nave or folk) art and the works of professional artists, explaining why you believe that outsider art should or should not be accepted by critics, museums and galleries, and the public as real art.

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Question 2

At the beginning of the 20th century, how did the development of photography transform the art of artists who worked in nonphotographic media? Which artist determined that this new process changed the process of representing the observable world and how?

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fur · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

The emergence and validation of difference within a culture, the collapse of the distinction between an elite and low culture, and a proliferation of the popular arts has challenged and broadened what we recognize as art and who we consider are artists.

Answer to Question 2

Photography offered a mechanical way to record images. It allowed artists to abandon realism, leaving the depiction of reality to photography. Picasso recognized photography as the pivotal change in art making.