Does ART HAVE THE POWER of changing the world?

Question: Does ART HAVE THE POWER of changing the world!?
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Just ask your self,what things in your life have always been lightened up with wonder and intrigue!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.all things made of imagination art!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.from the moment you first heard a song,on the radio,saw a great painting that inspired your imagination and read a great book or heard a great poet recite words that took you away!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Art is the canvaas of life,its how we all see things from different worlds,yet all agree that great art is univesal and touches everyone!.
Picasso changed thinking of war through his anti war painting Guernica 1936!.
BOB Dyaln and the Beatles changed our fashioned sense of music,both socially and universally though themes that people could relate to!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Art continues to change & shape our ways of thinking our world , through artists who explore themes that affect us!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.ecology,war,hunger,greed etc!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Art like beauty is in the eye of the beholder!.
Seeing a piece of art can result in changing ones perception of the world!. Changing the world starts with one person seeing what needs to be done!.
I remember seeing a painting in the Louvre (1972)just outside the room that at that time held the Mona Lisa!. I believe it was called "the Deluge"!. There was a man trying to climb out of the flood with all of his family hanging on his back!. He has hold of a branch but the branch has just broken and he has just realized that he and his whole family are about to fall!.
That painting has stuck with me for over 35 years!. Even if I lack faith in the likely success of doing the right thing, I must keep trying to do the right thing!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Art is simply the reflection of the world whether it be by actuality or through the eyes of the one producing the art!.

Art does have the power to anger, comfort, confuse and enlighten the world, but not to change it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

most definitely!. because art is something anyone could do!. there is always deep meaning behind most pictures, and if people choose to understand it's meaning, it could change their perspective!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Art is a very general term so yes, the combination of: painting, music, theatre, movies!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!. can change the worldWww@QuestionHome@Com

When it can be used to move the masses sure!. Take for example all the propoganda posters from all sides during WWII !.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yes!. And it doesn't even have to be good art!. Just ask Harriet Beecher Stowe!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

music is a form of art and they greatly effects the world!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Art is like candies! Can you survive on candies!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

i believe not (painting)!. just like fashion doesn't!.Www@QuestionHome@Com