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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Mao II who wrote (285)1/11/2001 9:27:58 AM
From: Poet  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
Hi M2,

There were so many discussions here last night. I feel like I've walked into a breakfast buffet. <g>

I liked your point here:

One
reason we can speak of the quality of a Cezanne or a Matisse is because we have been able to see the work first
hand in museums. That's largely because public money has gone to bolster the infrastructure supporting the arts in
this country.

This is a terribly important point, IMO, not only because it speaks to the fact that our support of the arts goes not just to the artists but to the general populace, but also because in allowing the poplace to have exposure to art, the goverment is acting at its most benevolent. It is distributing, without prejudice the fruits of society's labors.

This point too:

most of the great European art prior to the
18th century was subsidized by the Catholic church. And most artists of any century attached themselves to
patrons who provided subsidies and dictated subject matter.

is so sadly clear when one visits the great art musuems in Europe. Each time I've gone to the Uffizi I'm struck by "what ifs", what if artists we encouraged to express themselves beyond the Catholic theme?
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