Well what do you mean by 'reasons'? I call Mozart's 20th piano concerto art because that is the only word I know to describe music of that quality. I deny the term to airport novels because they do not have that quality.
It seems to me that you and Chris and others want a list of criteria. (How else would one give 'reasons'?) There is no such list. (Or if you think so, what is it?) You yourself believe that some works are what you call cherishable - which is presumably something like what I call art. What are your criteria? More importantly do you think you cherish those works because you have applied criteria - ticked off boxes - or simply because they have a certain effect on you? I should make it clear - as I have before - that I am not saying that one cannot say anything useful about works of art. On the contray. (I would not have written quite a lot of criticism - see my website - if I thought otherwise.) But true criticism in my view is descriptive and analytical - which my work is - not a judgment. I cannot give you good 'reasons' why Mozart's 20th piano concerto or anything is a work of art and I don't believe anyone - repeat anyone - can. If you know of anyone who has done so successfully, please let me know who they are. I will guarantee you I will drive a horse and cart through the holes in their 'reasons'. DA On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 1:38 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Derek writes: > "RE: ' asked that when you pronounce a given work -- X, Y Z etc --to BE > art > or Not art, you tell us the reason why you, Derek, at that moment, call > that > work art, or call it not art.' > > "But that is precisely the point, Cheerskep. How can one make such an > argument - even begin to make it - without criteria?" > > No, Derek, now you are undeniably ducking the question. I'm not asking you > to > "make an argument". I haven't asked you to list THE criteria that all > works > must meet to "BE" "art". I have asked solely for "the reason why you, > Derek, at > that moment, call that work art, or call it not art." You call Mozart's > 20th > piano concerto "art". You call an "airport novel" NOT art. What are your > reasons for those specific two callings? If you have no reasons, say so. > > > > > > ************** > Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used car > listings at AOL Autos. > > (http://autos.aol.com/used?NCID=aolcmp00300000002851) > > -- Derek Allan http://www.home.netspeed.com.au/derek.allan/default.htm
