On Art, Power, and Humility
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4188636 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Holland Cotter (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 141-147 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-783X • E-ISSN: 1944-768X |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/sor.2016.0013 |
| OpenAlex | W2442461831 |
| Language | EN |
Against the framework of a visit to New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and the backdrop of 9/11, Holland Cotter writes about “how much of the art I’ve loved and written about over the years is in fact claiming territory, is in fact about us versus you”; that “People say that art embodies the best about human kind; it also embodies the worst. Absolutely nothing about it is innocent.” What we take as a portrayal of beauty is equally an art of fear
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Beauty · Epistemology · Humility · Nothing · Political science · Power (physics) · Sociology · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |