• MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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    11 hours ago

    No, i don’t think there was ever a time where artists had a high social standing because of the art. Not even the greek philosophers we admire today.

    • Deme@sopuli.xyz
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      5 hours ago

      Fair point, but despite how we as a society treat artists, I still think that the underlying impulse to do art is an attempt to capture the interest and appreciation of others, building social bonds. Rarely is art made without a tought of presenting it to others. This is how art seems to happen with every other species on earth that does it.