Art and Snow

Art is seen in Snow not in the conventional sense, as in paintings, but rather preforming arts, mainly theater. The main example in the book is the traveling theater group, lead by Sunay Zaim, that comes to the city to incite a coup. Throughout the book a large focus is placed upon the two performances of the group. The reasoning for this is that Pamuk is trying to tell the reader that "the arts" are a vital part of society that should have a more prominent role in life today. Also Pamuk is trying to express the point that "the arts" are a powerful way of making political points and expressing ideas, hence the coup.