Open AccessA.M. Evlakhov. Genius-artist as antisocial. — Varsh. Univers. news. 1909-VII-VIII-IX
Author(s) -
Y. Bogatyrev
Publication year - 1910
Publication title -
nevrologičeskij vestnik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2304-3067
pISSN - 1027-4898
DOI - 10.17816/nb100556
Subject(s) - backwardness , genius , politics , sociology , literature , art , political science , law , economics , economic growth
The view is still widespread that a great artist, by his very nature, should be especially sensitive to issues of a social nature and that his worldview should be at least at the level of the progressive aspirations of society. However, an analysis of the facts, even a superficial one, leads to a different conclusion. The author lists the great artists of the word of different times and proves that they were not people with a broad social outlook, even moremany of them differed in this respect by extreme backwardness from their contemporary society; on the other hand, there is not a single outstanding artist who would be at the same time an active political or public figure, or at least have a view corresponding to such activity.