The flight of modern art from “ideological traps” and “propaganda” ended up throwing the art out during the flight.
Traditionally, great art is sacred art, and popular art is a less refined version of sacred art, but these do not need to be ideological or theological traps, or dim-witted didactic art.
Russell Kirk, remembering Edmund Burke, pointed out that what we need is “moral imagination” in art. This is a key concept.
It is not the religious foundation of great art that makes it dull, it is the lack of moral imagination. And subtle art uses a scalpel rather than a hammer.
Traditionally, great art is sacred art, and popular art is a less refined version of sacred art, but these do not need to be ideological or theological traps, or dim-witted didactic art.
Russell Kirk, remembering Edmund Burke, pointed out that what we need is “moral imagination” in art. This is a key concept.
It is not the religious foundation of great art that makes it dull, it is the lack of moral imagination. And subtle art uses a scalpel rather than a hammer.
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