I understand that some artworks are made for specific audiences, as I mentioned re Velasquez, but once an artwork enters the public domain, as Velasquez'work has, along with that by multitudes of others throughout history, then it is "remade" for whoever chooses to encounter it. Some works once thought magnificant by the original audience cannot hold its importance in the public domain, and this works the other way around, too. Good art is continually recreated by the changing social realities and perceptions. Lesser art becomes frozen in its time and to its first audience...but it remains a candidate for a new "public" life.
So, I think art is for everyone sooner or later. A little of it achieves that status, and all the rest does not...but could. WC --- On Sun, 11/9/08, armando baeza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: armando baeza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: b If it is art, it is not for all, and if it is for all, it is not art.b > To: [email protected] > Cc: "armando baeza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sunday, November 9, 2008, 7:08 PM > Art is for it's creator and like minds. > mando > > On Nov 9, 2008, at 4:48 PM, joseph berg wrote: > > > > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> > Arnold > > Schoenberg
