Richard Wagner's Political and Cultural World of Thought Formed in His Arts

Although art and politics are dealt within different departments, those are interlaced disciplines. It is remarkable that both art's decisiveness over politics and politics' decisiveness over art. Relating to this close relationship, one of the most important examples is Richard Wagner (1813-1883) who is one of the most significant composer of German opera. Wagner was not only a substantial authority in the field of music but also he became an ascendant person in the social and political area. Regarding, in this essay it is investigated how Richard Wagner's artworks and ideas influenced to 19th and 20th century political thought and how the political thought affected Wagner's artworks.