The War on Art

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  1. Hi, everyone.
  2. It's Nina here, and I'm excited to present to you
  3. my humanities 2020 final project titled The War on Art.
  4. It will be discussing artists and censorship.
  5. Let's get started.
  6. A piece of art could offend one person you inspire
  7. the next.
  8. However, censored art inhibits our minds from having a natural
  9. response. While it can be seen as necessary for the
  10. sake of Children, centering art is unjust because art censorship
  11. restricts artists from expressing themselves, it prevents individuals from experiencing
  12. the art, and they can alter the way people feel
  13. about it according to the beacon for freedom of expression.
  14. Heretical beliefs were being spread faster with the invention of
  15. the printing press in the 15th century, and the need
  16. for censorship was increased.
  17. My first example of censorship was in Michelangelo's The Last
  18. Judgment, which shows unclothed figures ascending and descending to their
  19. fate. The printing press allowed for more members of the
  20. community to see it, and it quickly went from being
  21. a work of art to pornography.
  22. He saw many of the figures covered over before he
  23. passed away.
  24. The result of the first World war have shown in
  25. Nevin since painting paths of glory.
  26. According to Deborah Leonard, a writer for the British Art
  27. Journal, in March 1918, it was censored before being exhibited,
  28. as it was considered disturbing and horrific.
  29. In response to the criticism, Nevison claims, I have not
  30. painted horror in the paths of glory.
  31. I've had painted reality, my next example of censorship.
  32. It was created in 2014.
  33. Exhibit B is a statement about historical attitudes towards black
  34. people. Bailey's intent was not to offend anyone but to
  35. challenge perceptions.
  36. Many viewers found this exhibition to be racist.
  37. According to the HUFFPOST, the exhibition could not run at
  38. London's Barbican Center due to threats made against staff and
  39. performers. Censorship doesn't only current forms of art, but also
  40. in the media.
  41. Social media has affected the way we interpret information, and
  42. censorship is affecting the information we are receiving.
  43. Thus we aren't getting the complete truth in comparison.
  44. You are being deprived of the complete experience when a
  45. piece of art is censored.
  46. It is arguable that censorship in art protect Children from
  47. obscenities. Yet the truth is that sex, drugs and violence
  48. do exist in the real world.
  49. As a result, censorship is sheltering kids from the reality
  50. of life, and as a result, censorship in art does
  51. not really protect our Children.
  52. Controversies challenged the mind.
  53. It is believed by some that controversies aren't always negative
  54. as they can challenge our minds.
  55. When art is censored, the challenge is non existent.
  56. Yaron and Send Hurwitz wrote a book titled Controversies and
  57. the Metaphysics of Mind, that discusses this theory in more
  58. detail. The National Coalition Against Censorship has worked with artists
  59. and curators tze that are resisting art censorship for over
  60. 40 years.
  61. They also form the Arts Advocacy for Program in 2000,
  62. which helps artists involved in censorship disputes to express opinions
  63. that could be seen as controversial.
  64. And here is my work cited.
  65. It's not perfect, but I cried here it iss Oh,
  66. oops. I don't know why it's zooming in like that.
  67. Okay, well, here it is