Meyer Schapiro Professions : Art Historian Born : September 23, 1904 Died : March 3, 1996 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Meyer Schapiro The movement of abstract art... bears within itself at almost every point the mark of the changing material and psychological conditions surrounding modern culture. Meyer Schapiro movement culture art Style is, above all, a system of forms with a quality and a meaningful expression through which the personality of the artist andthe broad outlook of a group are visible,... communicating and fixing certain values of religious, social, and moral life through the emotional suggestiveness of forms. It is, besides, a common ground against which innovations and individuality of particular works may be measured. Meyer Schapiro religious meaningful art Nature and abstract forms are both materials for art, and the choice of one or the other flows from historically changing interests. Meyer Schapiro flow choices art Similar Authors Andrew Graham-Dixon art-historian Erwin Panofsky art-historian Kirk Varnedoe art-historian Johann Joachim Winckelmann art-historian Simon Schama art-historian T. J. Clark art-historian All Authors