Conger and Brady have raised some interesting issues here -- but what about the original topic of this thread ?
1. Are there currently way more well-known and prestigious prizes in Literature and Music than in the visual arts ? 2.If so -- why ? As I've attempted to point out -- this disparity does not hold as we look back further into history -- so an explanation would have to venture into cultural history. (which I've begun to explain as the hegemony of ideology -- although I still puzzling why it hit the visual arts more than the others) And if we should avoid conflating excellence and achievement-- would that equally hold for all the arts -- even the applied or mechanical arts -- as well ? _____________________________________________________________ Click here for free info on Graduate Degrees. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2211/fc/Ioyw6ijmiLe1IikL0IAyUFTuIaT4H3 nqLOxvjaFqmhWwWlY90VzMTi/
