All art is a propaganda in some form?

Answer 1

What differentiates art from decoration is message and a message can always be interpreted as propaganda.

Answer 2

The following definition is from wikipedia:

Propaganda [from modern Latin: 'Propaganda Fide', literally “propagating the faith”] is a concerted set of messages aimed at influencing the opinions or behavior of groups of people. Instead of impartially providing information, propaganda can present accurate facts, but does so selectively to produce deliberately misleading information, or loaded messages, whether essentially truthful or not, in order to produce an emotional rather than rational response to the message that is being presented. While emotional appeal over reason is the essential defining element of propaganda, the desired result is a change of the cognitive narrative of the subject by the target audience.


So yes, as some one else said, art can be used FOR propaganda. Leni Riefenstahl was an amazing filmmaker who really set the standards for filmmaking (some of her tequiniques are used today). BUT! She made films for the Nazis during WWII (Triumph of the Will is one of those films). Her work was very much art, but was also used for propaganda to get the German population in step with Nazism.

So, art can be used as propaganda.

However, in many ways, most art tries to create emotional connections - which is key to propaganda.

Answer 3

Strictly speaking, the closest you could come and still be accurate is saying almost all art is propaganda in some form.

But because of the negativity attached to propaganda, depending on your audience your message could be interpreted as all art is bad.

The important thing to remember is that connotation is more important than any particular word you choose to use.

Answer 4

If you define "propaganda" as; falsehoods presented as facts for the purpose of fulfilling a political agenda, then NO, art is not generally propaganda.

Can art be used FOR propaganda?
Yes... Definitely!

Most artists create art in response to a human need for self expression. As such most art is not propaganda.

However, many trained artists in various fields of art have to get jobs in the media.

Television, for instance, uses set designers, electronic artists, photo editors, graphic designers and many more artists.

In the sense that everything you see on television is designed to create fiction, sell a product or report news with political bias, then yes, much art is used for propaganda.

Is ALL art propaganda in some form? No.

Is most art in commercial media a form of propaganda,? Yes.

Answer 5

All Art is NOT propaganda.
There are many differing schools of art and they cannot all be propaganda

Answer 6

No.
"Art is the Quality of Communication"

Answer 7

i think this question is better framed like this.
are all arts some form of propaganda?

Answer 8

Propoganda, by definition, is government sponsored. Most art is not.

Answer 9

you are perfectly correct.

Answer 10

No...