It was already corrupted before it got there.
That’s what The film Apocalipse Now is about (although in the film it’s American civilisation which is corrupted).
Perhaps love for the crown runs deep—even for Americans in the 21st century.
Artists perhaps are aware of the fact or fate that ultimately there will be alienation between the art objects being created and artists themselves.
The first alienation happens after once an art object is created. It departs from artists sole ownership, and exists in the public eyes shared by the audience. At this stage the art object is subject to both praises by the audience or spectators and criticisms by the critics.
The second alienation between art and artist is when the artist dies, and no longer in the world. The art object keeps existing in the world being viewed, appreciated and criticised by the audience and critics, but the artist who create the art is no longer existing.
The alienations will force the artist to be passively indifferent to the art due to the fated disconnection between the artists and their creations.
Hence artist puts all the passions into the creation while he could during the process of the creation to attempt equilibrium or compensation from the inevitable indifference between the creation and artists.
Creations presuppose / predict tragedies underneath the process. Passion is the subconscious self protective mechanism for the creators.
The creating time is the only chance when the artists could get most intimate relationship between the art objects being created and artists themselves.
Passion is also something that we find meaningful, interesting, pleasurable for its own sake, like disinterested pleasure of beauty.
Could well be. Was it Kant’s idea too?
“disinterested pleasure of beauty” sounds familiar.