夏皮罗对现代艺术价值的确认根源于他基本的社会历史观,对他而言,现代艺术是人类理想的“自由”和“平等”在感性领域真正的实现;这是一个不断抛除艺术中存在的等级观念的过程,它始自制像图式的逐渐自然化,主题内容的去等级化,并进而推进到材料、技术,以及实践主体的去特权化。这一过程始自中世纪,经过自然主义的文艺复兴,最终在现代艺术那里获得完全的实现与合法化,因此,夏皮罗认为现代艺术乃是真正实现了民主和平等之理想的艺术,而这一理想本身,是现 Shapiro’s confirmation of the value of modern art is rooted in his basic view of social history. For him, modern art is the real fulfillment of human ideal, “freedom” and “equality” in the field of sensibility; it is a The process of constantly dropping the hierarchy of concepts existing in art begins with the gradual naturalization of pictorial images and the de-rating of thematic content, which in turn promotes the de-authorization of materials, techniques, and practical subjects. Beginning from the Middle Ages, through a naturalistic Renaissance, culminating in the full realization and legitimization of modern art, Shapiro argues that modern art is the art of truly fulfilling the ideals of democracy and equality, and that this An ideal itself, is now