[beaversmom]

"Why Beauty Matters. Philosopher Roger Scruton presents a provocative essay on the importance of beauty in the arts and in our lives. In the 20th century, Scruton argues, art, architecture and music turned their backs on beauty, making a cult of ugliness and leading us into a spiritual desert."

[80skid]

IF

[dr_lew]

If Art wanders into the desert, or the cesspool, we are not obliged to follow it. Beauty endures, and presents itself every morning at sunrise ( weather allowing :-)

[Gene Eric]

An interesting subject.

Art definitively transcends the period of time in which it was created.

[Rastus]

All by design, if you read that list of communist goals.

[Organic Panic]

The guys with money get the hot chicks. That’s the way it is.

[spankalib]

Many years ago, I read “Modern Art and the Death of a Culture” - I highly recommend it!

[spankalib]

I’m happy the narrator mentions ugly architecture as well.
Spot on!
For more on that, I recommend Tom Wolfe’s highly predictive
“From Bauhaus to Our House”...(though I respectfully disagree with him @ Bucky Fuller), pretty much ALL of Wolfe’s writings are ‘highly predictive’ ;)
Cheers!

[Albion Wilde]

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