What is the first thing you think of when you talk about modern art? Random colors smudged on a blank canvas? Although this is a perfect example of modern art, there is more to it than just random paintings: the artist has a goal. Unfortunately, a stereotype has been attached to modern art that there is actually no art involved. I was skeptical too until we started finding out in class and when I experienced the first piece of modern art that really moved me: "Bucolic Landscaping", created by Heinrich Campendonk. "Bucolic Landscape" is very similar to the ideas of the novel Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett. Looking at the painting, I saw immediate connections to the novel. The man in the painting is a perfect example of the two wanderers, Estragon and Vladimir, and the animals are perfect representations of Lucky and Pozzo, other stragglers that Estragon and Vladimir, otherwise known as Didi and Gogo, encounter. “Bucolic Landscaping” was also a description of the ideas put forward in William Barrett's The Testimony of Modern Art, which is a guideline for the history of modern art and its connections in today's world. While it may not be as clear as the other two, "Bucolic Landscaping" is actually a very close comparison to John Cage's 4'33, which is a piece that is simply silence. All three of these pieces are extremely existential, because there is no answer to any of the conflicts or themes. For example, people might have ideas about what John Cage thought or what he imagined, but no one knows the exact point, which makes it existential and a piece of modern art. Furthermore, in Waiting for Godot, we are led to believe that Godot is God, but in reality we do not know; furthermore, the entire work is full of metaphors... half of the paper... serves as an example of the guidelines/outline of the ideas presented by William Barrett in The Testimony of Modern Art. There were also parallels with 4'33's John Cage and the painting. Both were existential pieces that had much more meaning than what you see, or hear, at first glance. “Bucolic Landscaping” is a perfect example of a modern artwork because it is subject to interpretation and there is no one way to truly define it; this has become the identity that modern art has acquired. Works Cited "Heinrich Campendonk". Biography of Heinrich Campendonk. Network. October 01, 2010.Barrett, William. "The testimony of modern art". Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1962. 42-65. Print.Beckett, Samuel. Waiting for Godot: Tragicomedy in two acts. New York: Grove, 1982. Print.