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PREFACE to "The Picture of Dorian Gray" - Coggle Diagram
PREFACE to "The Picture of Dorian Gray"
"ART IS QUITE USELESS"
ART
AIM
REVEAL ART
CONCEAL ARTIST
MORALITY
= PERFECT USE OF THE IMPERFECT MEDIUM
SYMBOL
CONTROVERSIAL MEANINGS
ART mirrors SPECTATORS
We see ourselves, like Dorian's portrait that bears his crimes
SURFACE
FORM
CONTROVERSIAL
VITAL
NEW
COMPLEX
ART IS USELESS
ART FOR ART'S SAKE
Just to admire BEAUTY
CRITIC
Translates what the artist says
Ugliness in Beauty
CORRUPTED
Beauty in Beauty
ELECT
BEAUTY = BEAUTY
NO moral / immoral book
Just well / badly written books
ARTIST
CREATOR OF BEAUTIFUL THINGS
can express everything
THOUGHT and LANGUAGE = INSTRUMENTS
VICE and VIRTUE = MATERIALS
NO ethical sympathy