Ideology and art

Ideology

Science of ideas

Various disciplines started delving into the meaning of the concept in search of an answer to the question of what the thing called ideology actually was

Studied the formation of ideas in the human mind

It was associated with false conciousness

Some people see it as it holds the truth

It's a a set of ideas held by a particular politically consolidated class or group

Use to consolidize power relations and hierarchy

Ideology and art

Art relates with the central categories of the social life

Power

Ideology

Art often serves political interests

Art can be considered ideological discourse

People dont see the world as it is

They see it as they expect it to be

Problems of ideology

False conciousness

It may be beyond objective factors

World view not always exact

personal distortion

Art's involved in creating a social reality

Propaganda

Art may interest people in the social group's ideas

Legitimization of ideologies

Influence people to do a sepcific something

Ideologist artist chanels the information to influence the viewer

Consider

Interpretation of the work

Conditions of reception

Context

Author's intentions do not play a central role in this