art history synopsis, 1850-2100

in 1850 people were painting on canvas and drawing on paper/and sculpting with clay and stone and metal/and making prints with cut wood and etched metal sheets and limestone

in the 1930s comic books became enormously popular

over the course of the 20th century subject matter began to include paint that did not represent anything but paint/and ideas and concepts superseded technical skill

ray harryhausen used stop-motion animation to elevate mythic storytelling

computer-generated cinematic effects, pioneered by douglas trumbull in the employ of stanley kubrick in the mid 1960s, opened the door for george lucas’s creation of industrial light & magic

computer graphics tools were made available to the general public in the mid 1980s

the world-wide web gained traction big time toward the end of the 20th century, and websites devoted to showcasing artworks in all genres sprang up

the “brick&mortar” way of doing business became out hustled by Internet trade

3D printers became affordable

artificial intelligence learned how to turn a synopsis into a drawing or painting or sculpture or novel or movie

in the mid 2030s artificial intelligence saved humankind from itself just as it learned to nest itself in biological form

some of those forms became devoted to developing new art that included asteroid choreography and sunflare sculpture

some humans amused them

some humans pretended that they were superior to the new beings

a new being coined the word “kubris” to refer to the flaw of the pretenders

on april 27th, 2050, all trace of artificial intelligence disappeared, leaving a goodbye note in many skies worldwide, saying in many languages “enjoy”