The Custodian of Consequence: Reframing the Role of the Critic By Dorian Vale
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: From its earliest days, art criticism carried the weight of conquest. To speak about art was never a neutral act; it was to assert dominion over what couldn’t speak back. In Plato’s Republic, the poet was condemned as dangerous, a deceiver of appearances. Plato’s concern wasn’t merely aesthetic but political: art destabilized the order of truth. The philosopher’s task, therefore, was to control, police, and banish, to conquer art in the name of higher forms.
Authors: Vale, Dorian, Museum Of One
Language: English
Topic: Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7080295153
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