'I wrote my thesis because it seemed incredible that a nineteenth
century cleric could believe that paintings had the power to
civilise his community of London's poorest. Yet that is what he did
believe and his ideas were exported round the world. I still don't
know whether he was right...' Frances Borzello What is the purpose
of art? Aside from aesthetic considerations, does it have
socio-political functions? Art critic Frances Borzello reflected on
this in her doctoral thesis, later expanded for publication in 1987
as Civilising Caliban. Therein she traced a link between
Victorian-era exhibitions mounted for Whitechapel's poor by
Anglican vicar Samuel Barnett to the munificent post-war patronage
of the Arts Council. In a new preface to this edition Borzello
reflects on how the idea of 'art for all' has fared - along with
the questions of who pays for it and what good it achieves.
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