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An Artist’s View: Michael Newberry on Key Works of Art in History Michael Newberry is a California-based artist who has exhibited across Europe and North America. He is the author of books on color theory, philosophy of art, modernism and postmodernism in art, and art history. We invited him into our studio for this series

Very fine article by University of London philosopher John Sellars on Aristotle, “the single most influential human being ever to have lived.” I agree.   Related: My close reading of the first book of Aristotle’s classic Nicomachean Ethics, in the Philosophers, Explained series.

Modernist art rejects representation in art often contemptuously, calling it “non-art” or “kitsch.” Why? Partly it’s the influence of philosopher Immanuel Kant. In his famous Critique of Judgment, in which he calls “sublime” the Hebrew Scripture passage “Thou shalt make no graven images.” I discuss Kant’s general philosophy, his philosophy of art, and his influence

The Fountainhead‘s themes are independence and integrity. In Part One, novelist Ayn Rand’s primary purpose is to contrast the characters Howard Roark and Peter Keating. Here is a table summarizing the main events in each young man’s early career. Structurally, each plot event for Roark is matched by an opposite event for Keating. Roark’s career