Monday, November 2, 2009

Art vs. Propaganda

Research Journal Assignment #11



RJA #11a: Introduction

" A sincere artist is not one who makes a faithful attempt to put onto canvas what is in front of him, but one who tries to create something which is, in itself, a living thing." (Giorgio Morandi). For many years art and its varied uses have been widely disputed. One of which is the political use of art, otherwise known as propaganda. According to dictionary.reference.com, propaganda is information, ideas or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement institution, and nation. Propaganda should not be considered apart of art due to the many problems it creates. In order to properly understand how propaganda has become such a problem in the art world, one needs some background information.

2 comments:

  1. Youre introduction is very well written. Good Job. I like your thesis statement and how it shows me where the paper is going.

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  2. I know it is really late for this comment. But your intro right now is really good, and I don't know if and what I would change in it.

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