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From Artisan to Artist: Art in the Modern Culture (History of Modern Philosophy) (Remastered)
This lecture traces a cultural earthquake: **from artisan to “artist,” from craft to “inspiration,” from God-centered meaning to man-centered self-expression.** Medieval art served worship; Enlightenment art borrowed heaven’s imagery but transferred “apotheosis” to monarchs and “man as the new god.” Then modern art arrives after modern philosophy has gutted meaning, and the serious artist can no longer portray the body with significance because he “does not believe in the soul,” so art turns to **break-up, fragmentation, and disintegration** not merely as technique, but as confession. Once…
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