I think the doing and appreciation of art has always been the same.
When I see an
ancient clay figure,i know exactly what that artist was feeling in
the doing of it.
All music composers probably share the same feelings also. Not a mystery
mando
On Nov 4, 2008, at 7:47 PM, GEOFF CREALOCK wrote:
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
