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The Value of Art

Much debated in Art circles, the question itself is the most enduring since the beginning of the 20th century. Why the value of art ever became an issue, can only be appreciated by a little knowledge of how and why our view about art and its purpose was forced to change.

Historically, Art had centered upon the depiction of religious belief and iconography. However, the industrial revolution followed later by advances in science and technology, and the invention of the machine, radically changed the world. God began to pale in significance to the relevance of these a...

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