Art can be addressed, not just to individuals, but to groups. Art can even be part of how groups think to themselves – how they keep a grip on their values over time. I focus on monuments as a case study. Monuments, I claim, can function as a commitment to a group value, for the sake of long-term action guidance. Art can function here where charters and mission statements cannot, precisely because of art’s powers to capture subtlety and emotion. In particular, art can serve as the vessel for group emotions, by making emotional content sufficiently public so as to be the object of a group commitment. Art enables groups to guide themselves with values too subtle to be codified.

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作为承诺的纪念碑：艺术如何与群体对话以及群体如何在艺术中思考

艺术不仅可以针对个人，还可以针对群体。艺术甚至可以成为群体如何自我思考的一部分——他们如何随着时间的推移保持对自己价值观的控制。我专注于纪念碑作为案例研究。我声称，为了长期的行动指导，纪念碑可以作为对群体价值的承诺。艺术可以在这里发挥作用，而章程和使命宣言则不能，正是因为艺术具有捕捉微妙和情感的能力。特别是，艺术可以作为群体情感的载体，通过将情感内容充分公开，从而成为群体承诺的对象。艺术使团体能够以过于微妙而无法编纂的价值观来引导自己。