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“MAMMONART” studies the artists from a point of view entirely new;
asking how they get their living, and what they do for it; turning
their pockets inside out, seeing what is in them and where it comes
from.
“MAMMONART” puts to painters, sculptors, poets, novelists, dramatists
and composers the question already put to priests and preachers,
editors and journalists, college presidents and professors, school
superintendents and teachers: WHO OWNS YOU, AND WHY?
“MAMMONART” examines art and literature as instruments of propaganda
and repression, employed by ruling classes of the community; or as
weapons of attack, employed by new classes rising into power.
“MAMMONART” challenges the great ones now honored by critical authority
and asks to what extent they are servants of ruling-class prestige and
instruments of ruling-class safety.
“MAMMONART” asserts that mankind is today under the spell of utterly
false conceptions of what art is and should be; of utterly vicious and
perverted standards of beauty and dignity in all the arts.
“MAMMONART” is a history of culture, and also a battle-cry.
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Transcriber’s note
Minor punctuation errors have been changed without notice. Spelling
has been retained as published. The following Printer errors have been
changed.
=CHANGED= =FROM= =TO=
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