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What books should I read if I want to understand art and its actual influence on society?

>> No.15557694
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>>15557683

>> No.15557705

>>15557683
Borges.

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Wagner

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unironically try to work out what art means to you anon.

I personally still like the quote "art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable"

>> No.15557837

art is purely aesthetic and divine. if you look at it in the context of sociology and society, you insult it.

>> No.15558193

>>15557837
cringe

>> No.15558209

>>15557837
Imagine thinking this

>> No.15558213

>>15558209
If you imagine thinking something aren't you basically thinking it

>> No.15558217

>>15557705
why? what does he say about art influencing society?

>> No.15558225

>>15557837
useless post. disregard

>> No.15558241

>>15558213
Good point. In this context «thinking» is functioning interchangeably with «believing», though, like how when someone says «I think X» it means «I believe X».

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>>15557683
Good place to start

>> No.15560222

>>15557837
This guy gets it. Imagine trying to turn art into a weapon.