The function of art is not to keep pace with science and technology but rather to provide an escape from these forces. -GRE Issue 97

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The function of art is not to keep pace with science and technology but rather to provide an escape from these forces. -GRE Issue 97

I strongly disagree with this statement, on two counts. First, in my observation art embraces the current state of science and technology more often than it rejects or opposes it. More significantly, however, I find the speaker's suggestion that the function of art relates to science and technology to be misguided.

In general, it would appear that art is more likely motivated by an interest in keeping pace with science and technology than by a desire to break from it. Particularly in architecture, where engineering is part-and-parcel of the art, new creations take full advantage of new ...

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