One of the most persistent questions in aesthetics is whether it is possible to appreciate a work of art created by someone whose actions or beliefs we find morally reprehensible. The debate is hardly new, but in the age of social media and cancel culture it has acquired renewed urgency. Every few months, a novelist, filmmaker, musician, philosopher, or painter becomes the subject of public controversy, and the same question returns: should their work still be read, watched, heard, or admired? The issue is often framed as a choice between two extremes. One side argues that art should be judged
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- Montagne Sainte-Victoire, Paul Cézanne, 1904
- The Kiss, Gustav Klimt, 1908
- The Dance, Henri Matisse, 1910
- Black Square and Red Square, Kazimir Malevich, 1915
- Woman with Blue Eyes, Amedeo Modigliani, 1918
- The Elephant Celebes, Max Ernst, 1921
- Composition with Red Blue and Yellow, Piet Mondrian, 1929
- House by the Railroad, Edward Hopper, 1925
- The Great Machine, Giorgio de Chirico, 1925
- Autoportrait (Tamara in a Green Bugatti), Tamara de Lempicka, 1929
- Guernica, Pablo Picasso, 1937
- Time Transfixed, René Magritte, 1938
- The Beautiful Bird Revealing the Unknown to a Pair of Lovers, Joan Miró, 1941
- Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening, Salvador Dalí, 1944
- Christina’s World, Andrew Wyeth, 1948
In chronological order.
- Sudden Shower Over Shin-Ohashi Bridge, Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857
- The Heart of the Andes, Frederic Edwin Church, 1859
- Lady Lilith, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1873
- Woman with a Parasol, Claude Monet, 1875
- Young Man at His Window, Gustave Caillebotte, 1876
- Rising Moon over Mount Nanping, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1885
- A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, Georges Seurat, 1886
- The Lady of Shalott, John William Waterhouse, 1888
- Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh, 1889
- The Scream, Edvard Munch, 1893
In chronological order.
- The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed in Sun, William Blake, 1803
- La Grande Baigneuse, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1808
- Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, Caspar David Friedrich, 1818
- El Perro, Francisco Goya, 1823
- The Great Wave off Kanagawa, Katsushika Hokusai, 1831
- The Course of the Empire: The Consummation, Thomas Cole, 1836
- Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Spectre, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1844
- Rain, Steam, and Speed – The Great Western Railway, J.M.W. Turner, 1844
In chronological order.
- Rialto Bridge from the North, Canaletto, 1726
- Portrait of Duval de l’Épinoy, Maurice-Quentin de La Tour, 1745
- The Nightmare, Henry Fuseli, 1781
- Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat, Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, 1782
- The Death of Socrates, Jacques-Louis David, 1787
In chronological order.
- The Fall of Phaeton, Peter Paul Rubens, 1604
- The Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba, Claude Lorrain, 1648
- Las Meninas, Diego Velázquez, 1656
- Self-Portrait with Beret and Turned-Up Collar, Rembrandt, 1659
- The Art of Painting, Johannes Vermeer, 1668
In chronological order.
- The Garden of Earthly Delights, Hieronymus Bosch, 1510
- The School of Athens, Raphael, 1511
- Venus of Urbino, Tiziano Vecellio, 1534
- The Tower of Babel, Bruegel, 1563
- The Burial of the Count of Orgaz, El Greco, 1586
- Pine Trees, Hasegawa Tōhaku, 1595
- Medusa, Caravaggio, 1597
In chronological order.
- The Arnolfini Portrait, Jan van Eyck, 1434
- Portrait of the Duke of Urbino and the Duchess of Urbino, Piero della Francesca, 1466
- Ginevra de’ Benci, Leonardo da Vinci, 1478
- The Birth of Venus, Sandro Botticelli, 1486
- Self-Portrait at the Age of Twenty Six, Albrecht Dürer, 1498
In chronological order.