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I've been thinking a lot about modernism and the Enlightenment's role in shaping our world

A world where we take for granted that we are not only separate from nature, but deserve to master it. A world where we can measure human value quantitatively. A world where models should work. A world where the Greeks and Romans are foundational and Western civilization exists. A world where tradition automatically holds value and the past ought to guide our future. A world where beauty is only examined in human product.

Sometimes, I wonder what would have happened if Social Realism overcame moderism as the movement post Romanticism.

I blame the connections between the wealthy and the art world for this.

Why would they want to invest in paintings that showed the reality of poverty and the world the were creating for their tax evasion?

Pollack seems a much better bet.