Question

Which French critic said, after seeing a salon exhibition that included photographs, "Each day Art further diminishes its selfrespect by bowing down before external reality"? a. Charles Baudelaire b. Denis Diderotc. Edmond de Goncourtd. Julia Kristeva

Answer 1

Answer:

a. Charles Baudelaire

Explanation:

Charles Baudelaire generally had an appreciation for those things that he considered to be "modern." He did not trust tradition and instead believed in change and revolution. However, one aspect in which he disagreed with modernity was that of photography. Beaudelaire saw little art in representing exactly what reality looked liked. He argued that such a purpose was "trivial," and that it was far more interesting to represent what went on inside the minds of people.