Steinberg, L. From other Criteria. Pg. 948-953

 Published in 1972, people were craving change culturally and politically, presumably accepting Steinberg’s writing with open arms because of this. His forward thinking, progressive tone discusses how art is changing, along with the way in which onlookers receive Modern and Contemporary art, controversially stating that the work of artists in the Renaissance period is ‘flat’.

Serra, R. From the Yale Lecture. Pg. 1124-1127

Richard Serra discusses materials and their properties in the world of sculpture. To Serra, location and materials matter. This contradicts the ideas of Steinberg regarding the way in which the audience sees the work, as opposed to what physical matter the audience sees. Common in both texts is the sense that society was not yet undisturbed by the content of the artists’ work. There was still an uncertainty from the onlookers because a level of shock was provoked.

HARRISON, C. and WOOD, P. (1992) ART IN THEORY 1900-1990 An Anthology of Changing Ideas: Blackwell Publishers