The Baroque era is my favorite time period for art, music, and literature. The Renaissance is a close second. Can't say I'm a fan of anything after Dali, though. Modern art just seems so... empty.
lol! I lived in NY for a while as well and hated it. :P I wouldn't say it's all retarded - the concepts and ideas behind cubism and all those movements are great, just poorly executed.
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@mguinm: no but the hipsters get so pretentious "oh what is the art trying to be?" Lol As if their stuff can be compred to that guy that painted the vatican
@Azrael4321: That's true. I'm not sure when the "just b/c you can't understand it, that doesn't mean it's bad" movement started, but it is quite annoying. I personally think good art more less ended after the Luminists/Hudson River School. Haven't seen much worthwhile work since Thomas Cole and Frederic Church, sadly.