Aside from the propaganda elements, liberals, in particular Susan Sontag, also desecrated the concept of art during the 1960s, where they left beauty as the sole guiding principal of art, with "beauty" in this case being the pleasure one received from hearing or viewing a piece, derived from 19th century Aestheticism. There's also ample evidence that she overturned Matthew Arnold's culture-based viewing of art, sought to eliminate the notion of art being influenced by morality in favor of nihilism, and had caused the demise of New York's intellectual elite with her views.<ref>https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2013/11/29/sontags-kulture-kamp/</ref> | Aside from the propaganda elements, liberals, in particular Susan Sontag, also desecrated the concept of art during the 1960s, where they left beauty as the sole guiding principal of art, with "beauty" in this case being the pleasure one received from hearing or viewing a piece, derived from 19th century Aestheticism. There's also ample evidence that she overturned Matthew Arnold's culture-based viewing of art, sought to eliminate the notion of art being influenced by morality in favor of nihilism, and had caused the demise of New York's intellectual elite with her views.<ref>https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2013/11/29/sontags-kulture-kamp/</ref> |