Art and Philosophical Ideals

Author: Rasha Kawar

May 13, 2021

The Death of Socrates1787Jacques Louis David Art has the ability to elevate us. In equal measure it can provoke, disturb, and challenge us. Art can do many things, but perhaps at its best it can connect us not only to each other, but also to something higher, a more perfect ideal beyond the realm of the material. There are many lenses with which we can view and attempt to understand a work of [...]