Comments on: Art and Beauty against the Politicized Aesthetic http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/08/art-and-beauty-against-the-politicized-aesthetic/ Place. Limits. Liberty. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:09:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: How robots replaced amateur artists. | The League of Ordinary Gentlemen http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/08/art-and-beauty-against-the-politicized-aesthetic/#comment-22272 How robots replaced amateur artists. | The League of Ordinary Gentlemen Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:05:37 +0000 http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=5620#comment-22272 [...] Politicized Aesthetic,” and the fifth and final section is on its way. Though he’s posted excerpts for discussion at FPR, the full text is at First Principles (parts one, two, three, and four). If [...] [...] Politicized Aesthetic,” and the fifth and final section is on its way. Though he’s posted excerpts for discussion at FPR, the full text is at First Principles (parts one, two, three, and four). If [...]

]]> By: polistra http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/08/art-and-beauty-against-the-politicized-aesthetic/#comment-11550 polistra Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:28:57 +0000 http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=5620#comment-11550 "Veneration" is really too high-falutin for the needs of today. The people who can be expected to venerate beauty are already doing it. More important is plain old exposure and immersion, and connecting beautiful things to non-Leninist ideas. Think Skinnerian conditioning. I've discussed this in detail here: http://polistrasmill.blogspot.com/2008/08/welchs-jam.html “Veneration” is really too high-falutin for the needs of today. The people who can be expected to venerate beauty are already doing it.

More important is plain old exposure and immersion, and connecting beautiful things to non-Leninist ideas. Think Skinnerian conditioning.

I’ve discussed this in detail here:

http://polistrasmill.blogspot.com/2008/08/welchs-jam.html

]]> By: James Matthew Wilson http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/08/art-and-beauty-against-the-politicized-aesthetic/#comment-11466 James Matthew Wilson Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:24:18 +0000 http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=5620#comment-11466 Here's a great article on sacred architecture that its author just forwarded to my attention: http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/column.php?n=912 Sabin: We don't disagree on abstract art. I like abstract art in the same way I like the abstraction of a chair. Without it, we'd be in trouble, but we still need something to sit on. Here’s a great article on sacred architecture that its author just forwarded to my attention: http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/column.php?n=912

Sabin: We don’t disagree on abstract art. I like abstract art in the same way I like the abstraction of a chair. Without it, we’d be in trouble, but we still need something to sit on.

]]> By: D.W. Sabin http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/08/art-and-beauty-against-the-politicized-aesthetic/#comment-11464 D.W. Sabin Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:06:26 +0000 http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=5620#comment-11464 .....the fine arts AND craft are in need of greater Conservative attention....all a part of the more comprehensive intellectual approach that disdains the rampant anti-intellectualism of recent years. This is not a resort of the pedant however, the narrative must be alluring to the the fullest extent of the polity. While you and I might not find complete agreement on the subject of some modern abstract art, I like the thrust.....A good fight Wilson! …..the fine arts AND craft are in need of greater Conservative attention….all a part of the more comprehensive intellectual approach that disdains the rampant anti-intellectualism of recent years. This is not a resort of the pedant however, the narrative must be alluring to the the fullest extent of the polity.

While you and I might not find complete agreement on the subject of some modern abstract art, I like the thrust…..A good fight Wilson!

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