# Making Sense of 'Popular Art'  ## Metadata - Author: [[David Davies]] - Full Title: Making Sense of 'Popular Art' - Category: #articles - Summary: insert summary - My notes: - Summary: The paper proposes a neo-Goodmanian account distinguishing artworks from other artifacts by how they intentionally articulate content related to their functions. It examines whether popular or mass art can count as artworks under this view, especially when such works favor quick, experiential response over deep cognitive engagement. The author argues the neo-Goodmanian framework can explain functional and popular artworks by focusing on the distinctive manner of artistic articulation and intended regard. - URL: https://readwise.io/reader/document_raw_content/388682475 - Source File: Making Sense of ‘Popular Art’ by David Davies.pdf ## LLM Chats ## NotebookLM ## LLM Audio ## Highlights > It is clear that there are visual and verbal creations widely viewed as being works of art that have as their primary intended function the promotion of some instrumental end. Obvious examples are early Renaissance religious paintings such as the devotional works of Perugino (see Baxandall 1988), drawings by Schiele and Klimt executed to serve the pornographic interests of patrons, and art intended to promote a political end such as later works by Lyubov Popova, Eisenstein's *October* , and Leni Riefenstahl's *Triumph of the* > *Will* . ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kabwyk1gk1vgnc1nh3py64b3))