Alright, please explain "intentional" "communication" and "patterns of human behavior and understanding" All of this suggests some measurable condition that stands independent of art.
WC > > Art is the intentional communication of an aesthetic > experience. > > IMO, it is not the beauty, sublimity, drama or shock > that makes something a > work of art, but the way it fits into the patterns > of human behavior and > understanding. > > Mike Mallory > > ________________________________________________ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Derek Allan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:13 AM > Subject: Re: Beauty? I think not! > > > > 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?
