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