Are there any books critical of degenerate art?
>>9368469
Yeah, read Adorno.
>>9368469
Plato
>>9368469
Yeah, especially about jazz.
literally Degeneration by (((max nordau)))
hans pfitzner for essays against degenerated music
>>9368469
>degenerate art
"Degenerate" meaning?
Tolstoy wrote about sappy, crappy, pop-art in "What is Art?" saying it needed to be "decked out" like a whore in order to entice an audience. DFW's books, essentially.
>>9368469
You mean like catholic art?
Daily reminder that all of today's popular music has been ultimately derived from black people music. It's even infected some classical music.
Now that's what I call Degenerate with a capital D.
>>9368633
>"Degenerate" meaning?
Modernism.
>>9368469
The Decline of Pleasure by Walter Kerr
Plotinus An essay on the beautiful