the german expression for contemporary ("zeitgenoessisch" with an Umlaut) is real undiluted 18th century -- mostly for people but also for poetry etc. (Goethe, Lessing, etc.). It has a beautiful oldfashioned flair but is still going strong (which means that it is very useful and cannot be replaced easily). When is/was "today"?. Christof Wolters T W Moran schrieb: > Good Morning, > I'm probably going to get flamed good for this but you've stepped on a > pet peeve. > Modern and contemporary were not classifications until we had to many > Ph.D.s' with the need to have something to say. > Artists have always copied what went before them or went off in some > new direction. When that new direction worked it survived and we had a > new modern development. > We do not find commentary breaking down segments of the past by name, > save for the past and the present until our own times. > I understand academia's need to validate it's self, and the current > desire to pigeon hole knowledge. > The effect of this pigeon holing is to put walls between people. In > that it becomes impolite to cross into someone else's aria of expertise, > with out the proper papers upon the wall. > It is often taken by those with papers that those who are with out > papers can not have any understanding of the subject. > This is not to say that we have not reached a point in history where > giving eras of development or predominate style some title, e.g. Art > nouveau, is not useful. But any such effort should be a help not a > hindrance. > For after all, is not all this effort for the enlighting of every one? > I will go and hide in my bomb shelter now. > Sincerely yours > Tw > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).