RE: 'whomever can best duplicate the qualities (without making an exact copy) which he thinks are important to those who cherish each work: '
How on earth would anyone do that? Imagine being asked to 'duplicate the qualities (without making an exact copy) which one thinks are important to those who cherish' say 'King Lear'. To begin with, how would one even know what qualities are in question (sicne they are apparently 'cherished' by others)? And second how would you replicate the 'qualities' of King Lear - or any work of art - without replicating the work? What else would do it? DA > What struck me about the images that Derek just posted on Picasaweb -- is that > I feel that these, in contrast to the Goya image, have very low aesthetic > value. > > > > > http://picasaweb.google.com/derekalla/Images3?authkey=t9xxFUEnxZI > > > > But how can that be proven to be any more than my own personal, worthless > opinion? > > That's where I believe that the following regimen might produce consistent > results with repeated testing: > > > 1.Announce a contest open to all students in either BFA or MFA programs. > > 2.Offer a $20,000 prize to whomever can best duplicate the qualities (without > making an exact copy) which he thinks are important to those who cherish each > work: the Goya Old Men, and the African head from the British Museum. > > 3.Select two juries -- one for those who really like the Goya piece ,and they > will judge how well the student work presents the qualities they enjoyed in > the Goya. The second jury will do the same thing regarding the African > piece. > > It's my guess that the African jury will be far more satisfied with the > student work than the Goya jury -- and if multiple juries produce similar > results -- some important conclusions might be drawn: > > 1. We will be able to distinguish between the difficulty required to achieve > positive results in two distinct artistic practices -- giving us a practical > definition of "artistic discipline" > > 2. We might also get a practical definition of "aesthetic quality" - as > something that is better or worse, rather just observably different. > > > None of which will disprove that some people really like those African heads > -- but that their taste, and that practice, is demonstrably inferior to > others. > > > Just think -- for a mere $40,000 so many of our endless arguments here on this > listserv can be ended once and for all. > > > > > > _____________________________________________________________ > Click to get a free auto insurance quotes from top companies. > http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2211/fc/Ioyw6ijmNj7N29Q2iwHdM3EOUWngbO > DvDFVx1ed5Rxi42hj2HGrGlu/?count=1234567890 > > -- Derek Allan http://www.home.netspeed.com.au/derek.allan/default.htm
