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Ut pictura poesis: ΤΟ ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΚΟ ΠΛΑΙΣΙΟ ΤΗΣ ΤΕΧΝΗΣ ΚΑΙ Η ΘΕΩΡΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΤΕΧΝΗΣ

From disregarded craftsman to respected intellectual, the status of the artist has changed over time and continues to be a topic of debate.

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Summary: <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">The status of the visual arts among the other liberal arts has a long, complex and varied history. It began with a seemingly simple class distinction, as painters (unlike poets) of Antiquity and through the early Renaissance, were manual craftsmen, belittled in their &lsquo;mechanical craft,&rsquo; divided by an intellectual and class gap. Beginning in early Renaissance, theorists as well as practitioners of the visual arts improved the socio-economic status of artists; painters began to be regarded as intellectuals. In modern times, beginning with Romanticism and followed by a plethora of other movements, the status of the artist continued to be debated; ultimately culminating in a new synthesis of science, poetry, art, and philosophy.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> READ FULL TEXT
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