The Importance of Pleasure in Art

What's recognised as the first novel, Pamela by Richardson, had only been published six years before. So you're saying one person almost single-handedly invented art? Yes, you need to think about the context of the time. The Enlightenment was going full swing. People had more leisure time so somebody was going to do it. It wasn't just a single man sitting in his office. But there are obviously things which we would call art that pre-existed this time. And conceptually they weren't grouped together. What was it that allowed this guy to group them together? What was the essence of art for him?