The Dehumanization of Art by Ortega y Gasset | 📕 Book review

Magnus Vanebo, Sebastian Salvo, and Jan-Ove Tuv sit down to discuss the Spanish philosopher Ortega y Gasset's essay "The Dehumanization of Art". Topics covered in this conversation: • The problem of pathos in literature and paintings • Salvo: "This stinks of Kant and Hegel!" • An art for the select few (screw the proletariat!) • The window metaphor: seeing "beyond the illusion" • The modern imperative: Bow to your time • Purity conveyed in emotional language • Vanebo on modern art as a jest • How romanticism dulls the mind • The sentimentality of the idea of the select few • Gasset´s greatest compliment to modern art • The artist´s approach should not be serious • Was Gasset "Woke"? • "Girls, women, and old men should step aside" • Eradicating personal sentiments from music • Art is like chimney smoke • Mallarmé´s poetry • A cult of death • All great periods «dehumanized» what they made • A summary of what modern art is ▶ Full video: https://www.patreon.com/caveofapelles 🎵 Full audio: https://caveofapelles.com/podcast The conversation was produced by Bork S. Nerdrum and assisted by Carl Straumsgaard. The centerpiece was a 19th century reproduction of G. F. Watts' Hope. SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Dean Anthony Fergus Ryan Jon Harald Aspheim Alastair Blain Anders Berge Christensen Børge Moe Erik Lasky Fernando Ramirez Herman Borge Hårek Jordal Andreassen Jack Entz Warner Jared Fountain Jose Luis Maurice Robbins Michael Irish Raven Shadowz Shaun Roberts Stacey Evangelista Tonelise Rugaas Trym Jordahl Villiam S-ian Viorel Trandafir Yngve Hellan Would you like to get premium access? Become a patron: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/ Subscribe to our newsletter. It is the only way to make sure that you receive content from us on a regular basis: https://bit.ly/2L8qCNn Check out our other channels: https://www.youtube.com/c/SchoolofApelles https://www.youtube.com/c/CultureWarsNow Podcast available on SoundCloud, iTunes, and Spotify: https://soundcloud.com/caveofapelles https://spoti.fi/2AVDkcT https://apple.co/2QAcXD6 Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles BitChute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/caveofapelles/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/CaveOfApelles For inquiries — talk@caveofapelles.com