The idea that art is a way of sensemaking and responding to the present is a pretty recent idea. Like 200 years old. For much of history economic determinism explains most of art (how much surplus there was and who controlled it = what art got made)
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Especially religious art! Wealthy patrons would actually get themselves painted into religious paintings etc! google.com/amp/s/www.arts
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Economic determinism certainly seems to regulate who gets to participate in sensemaking, and in which ways.
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