The realm of what can be considered art is such a large expansion that hardly any notions made about one piece can hold up to another. Artists create their works for a vast amount of different reasons, and some are solely for the purpose of an ethical or moral standpoint while others are simply for the sake of beauty or emotion. Artists’ morality will not always bleed into a work of art, but there are a great number of cases where they do. Also, not to mention, all moral claims are entirely subjective to the artist and audience. The stance that morality can not overcome the beauty of artwork is neither true nor false, in fact it is completely dependent on the artist or audience …show more content…
Of course, this argument is true. Historically corrupt figures have created classic works of literature, and if one were unaware of the atrocities of the creator, they would unbiasedly see beauty. But we are not all so blessed to be unbiased. In fact, hardly anyone is. If I were to find out my favorite book had actually been written by Adolph Hitler under a pseudonym, my views of the literature would warp. The idea that the author of a novel could be responsible for the anguish and death of millions of people is enough to convince someone to disregard beauty. If let to happen, ethics can and will consume works of