Mike: "Most people have some appreciation of art": Well, yes. How much? How
we can we know? Is caring any different from appreciating?
Another question that might be interesting, and is also refractory to
producing an answer: is there a difference between appreciation/involvement
in art now versus times in the past?
Geoff C
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William: You asserted that "anyone can learn to appreciate art". I claim
that however many can, few do.
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I don't believe that the question, "Do people appreciate art?" is best
answered digitally: Yes/No. It is analog. Most people appreciate art to
some degree. Most people may have, as WC has suggested, a limited or
"shallow" capacity for the appreciation of art, but they have some.
How much is not enough to count? How is it to be measured? - The ability
to identify an author/artist? - The ability to identify the style? - The
ability to pick out expensive pieces from a collection? - The receptivity
to emotive content?
I'm not at all sure that academic knowledge is all that important. It's
interesting to me, but is it necessary for the appreciation of art?
Sometimes I think it can detract from the appreciation of art.
Mike Mallory
