On Aesthetic Truth and Norman Rockwell (Content Minded Ep.108).

On this episode of Content Minded I piece apart this concept of “aesthetic truth” as it relates to politics, philosophy and culture in the internet age. I open up with a recent excerpt from Giorgio Agamben on contemporary culture, then review an academic paper that discusses Foucault’s concept of “discursive rituals” and truth, and a paper on Gadamer’s writings on aesthetics, the role of the work of art and epistemology. In the full version of this episode I expand on the limitations of the concept of aesthetic truth while critiquing the cult status of Norman Rockwell as the illustrator of Americana vs. other luminaries of the golden age of American illustration such as J. C. Leyendecker. Please subscribe to Patreon or Substack to enjoy hours upon hours of exclusive content.Link to the Full Patreon Episode:https://www.patreon.com/giantartproductions/posts/on-aesthetic-and-164016492Link to the free and paywalled Substacklink downloadable/RSS capable:https://gioscontentcorner.substack.com/p/on-aesthetic-truth-and-norman-rockwell- - -Buy my artwork and artist prints:https://www.giantartproductions.com/Support my work on Patreon forexclusive content and more: https://www.patreon.com/giantartproductionsSubscribe to Substack for full podcastepisodes and new articles: https://gioscontentcorner.substack.com/My YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/@GiantArtProductionsBuy Merch like shirts and hats at PureObject:https://pureobject.netFollow me on Twitter:https://twitter.com/giantgioFollow all my art on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/giant_art_productions/PayPal link for one-time donations orcontent reviews:https://www.paypal.me/giantartproductionsTelegram Link:https://t.me/giantartproductions\Apple Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/content-minded-podcast/id1775978909Spotify Podcast link:https://anchor.fm/giantartproductionsThe Digital Archipelago withPrudentialist and Gio Playlist:https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0jSWvWII3LYPUBhL3h1GagJf3J4G0OUM&si=fz8QFnlz_xgaEtQmLinktree: https://linktr.ee/giantgioBuy me a Coffee:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/giantgioFollow my art on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/giantartproductions/Followe me on the Odysee backupchannel:https://odysee.com/@GiantArtProduction:eFor the low low price of only $5 amonth on Patreon or Substack, you will get access to all ContentMinded Episodes, including exclusive articles, art videos andpodcasts. On Patreon at the $20 and $40 tiers, you will get othercool swag like my artwork and a mug! Go to Pure Objects for newMerch, and visit my other socials for updates, discourse and analysison art, politics, culture and everything in between. Donate andsubscribe today, and keep the Content Renaissance alive!