Zócalo Public SquareWhat Do Grandma Moses and Michelangelo Have in Common? – Zócalo Public Square https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org Ideas Journalism With a Head and a Heart Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:01:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 What Do Grandma Moses and Michelangelo Have in Common? https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2015/03/20/what-do-grandma-moses-and-michelangelo-have-in-common/ideas/up-for-discussion/ https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2015/03/20/what-do-grandma-moses-and-michelangelo-have-in-common/ideas/up-for-discussion/#respond Fri, 20 Mar 2015 07:00:04 +0000 Zocalo https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/?p=59134 “Creativity takes courage,” at least according to Henri Matisse. If that’s the case, then at what point in their lives are artists most creative? When they’re young, bold, and taking risks? Or does creativity blossom over time, with practice and life experience? On the one hand, there’s Mary Shelley, who was just 21 when her landmark gothic horror novel Frankenstein was published. On the other, there’s Matisse himself, whose later work—he continued to make art up until his death at 84—is considered by many to be his finest. In advance of the Zócalo/Getty “Open Art” event “Does Artistic Greatness Only Come with Age?”, we asked scholars, psychologists, arts administrators, and artists: What is the relationship between age and creativity?

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On the other, there’s Matisse himself, whose later work—he continued to make art up until his death at 84—is considered by many to be his finest. In advance of the Zócalo/Getty “Open Art” event “Does Artistic Greatness Only Come with Age?”, we asked scholars, psychologists, arts administrators, and artists: What is the relationship between age and creativity?

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