/lit/ - Literature

How does translation business work?
How does one sell translations of classics of his own language to anglo publishers?

>>8937200
>in this hypothetical conspiracy, the CIA had control over what the abstract artists painted
In this factual history, CIA had no control over the arts creation, they only favored a certain kind of art.

Your strawman is a special kind of forced misunderstanding, the catholic church had an good eye for art, unlike the CIA. Nevermind the message of it.

Also, I complained about bad art that was supported due to politics, whilst I posted good art that was political

>>8937218
Allow me to backpedal a little, what I meant by the appreciation phrase was that once a trend has been constructed, it grows without relation to the quality of the trend.

>they supported a society based on the values of personal expression and freedom of thought, as opposed to the heavily censored east bloc
This is just positive vs. negative discrimination, but my problem doesn't lie in there, as the question is more about the quality of the art rather than the message.
A man can bottle his shit and note that it's a clever comment on the relationship between art production and human production. A man can paint a flashy baroque portrait and note that it is beautiful. Now what I'm saying is that one of these is good art and one is not.
And yes, I exaggerated the role of CIA, that's why I said that it's a "partial truth".

>first of all, that's your opinion, so who cares
At least a couple of people took a most intense interest in my opinion in this thread :-)
I'm interested in your decision to group pop art with minimalism and neo-realism as I'm a great friend of minimalism and neo-realism, yet I absolutely loathe pop art.

>>8937232
You clearly know fuck all about shitposting, so why even post your uneducated opinions in the first place?

What did your language look and sound in antique/medieval times? Is it still comprehensible for the modern man?

Finnish runo from the 1600's, it is largely comprehensible, but some words are used differently and the written form has changed much. However if you read the text aloud, you understand what is tried to say

The first portion of the Death Hymn of bishop Henry: "Runo Laulu Sant Henderikistä Ensimäisestä Tuurun pispasta joca on syndynyt Englandisa ja sitten kuningahasta Ruotzisa Eriki Rjjdarista. wuona. 1150.
Kaxi olli pyhä mjestä. Kaxi kansan ruhtinasta, ja Risti weljestä jaloa. Yxi kaswoj Ruotzin maalla. Toinen maalla wierahalla – pijan kasuojt pinnelliset, yxi wuotiset ylleninjt. Lapsi maalda wierahalda Se oli Herra Henderjki waan joca Ruotzisa yllenj, Se olli Erikj rijdarj. Ruozin kuuluisa kunjngas. Sanoi Herra Henderjki Erikillen weljellensä Läkämme Hämehen maallen, maallen ristimätömällen pajkallen papitomallen Kiwij kjrkoia tetämmähän ja kappelja rakendamahan nijn sitten Eriki Rijdarj, sanoin Lausuj sujn puheli weikosenj wajmon pojka palion on sinne mennehittä eij palion pallanehitta ennämpi wiellä ewännehitä njn sanoj hän toki mjnä Lähden en tottele jos mjnä tappetanehen maan kunjngahat kattunehet kujtengin toinen jänewi jällelen."