The diagram about the advancement of art styles made for the exhibition "Cubism and Abstract Art" was visually pleasing to me. This might be because the now seemingly "vintage" fonts and faded colors used in the chart are trendy now.
Flow charts are kind of fun. They are easy to follow and easily "flow", as their title suggests. With a time span of 45 years, and 80 words with 51 arrows, this chart is quite compact and well done. That's a lot of information to organize.
There is criticism in the article about the arrows only going one way, and not referencing that movements affected each other, not just in one direction. I don't necessarily agree with with this idea, I don't think the viewer is looking that hard into the graphic. It was made in reference to a show that was happening, it wasn't the main focus.
With that in mind, I found it strange that the flow chart was referred to as "beautiful", when it is an info graphic that can be criticized for not portraying the information correctly. It is pleasing and easy to look at, but I really don't see it on the same level as fine art, and I don't think it's possible to appreciate it in the same way because it is so scientific. It has a very specific answer that the viewer is supposed to come to a conclusion with.
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