“If a viewer responds to Botticelli’s Venus with an erotic desire, as if she is a pinup, he is actually not appreciating her for her beauty. And if someone enjoys looking at a Gauguin painting of Tahiti while fantasizing about… — Cynthia Freeland Copy Share Image
“The earliest corporations to provide major funding to museums were tobacco and oil companies, which likely sought to polish tarnished images by supporting ‘culture’.” — Cynthia Freeland Copy Share Image
“Among the hardest problems an art theory faces are questions about how to settle art’s meaning through interpretation” — Cynthia Freeland Copy Share Image
“If a viewer responds to Botticelli’s Venus with an erotic desire, as if she is a pinup, he is actually not appreciating her for… — Cynthia Freeland Copy Share Image
