Simon Price Interviews Adam Ant
The whole idea that there even exists a principled distinction between art and artifice really came in with Romanticism, I think. Which doesn't make it false, but does mean we shouldn't necessarily take it as read. The notion that the artist, by exercising skill, engenders emotion in the audience predates the notion that he/she transmits authentically felt emotion to the audience, and it's not obvious that the former is false.
The whole idea that there even exists a principled distinction between art and artifice really came in with Romanticism, I think. Which doesn't make it false, but does mean we shouldn't necessarily take it as read. The notion that the artist, by exercising skill, engenders emotion in the audience predates the notion that he/she transmits authentically felt emotion to the audience, and it's not obvious that the former is false.
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