Why Art Changed So Drastically in the 20th Century Art in the 20th century changed drastically from that of the past. Attitudes began to change about what art was. The new attitude was that art it is “what anyone elects to call art.” It seems to me that people began to use their imagination more. They no longer felt the need to paint things realistically, they began to paint emotionally. Instead the subject being a …showed first 75 words of 1079 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1079 total…that he is in agony. This painting reflects the artist’s personal feeling and emotions about the atrocity of war. I feel that art in the 20th century is more about the artist pleasing himself than pleasing others. The artist uses more emotions and feeling and that the subject matter of their paintings is more often based on social issues than they were in the past. Art is now more than ever about personal expression.