Michael -- will you please step out from behind the passive voice (of how
words "are often used") -- and tell us how you use them yourself ?
Do you call some works "sentimental" because they seem to be provoking
excessive and self indulgent feelings in you ?
Or -- have you determined that these works are aimed at provoking that kind of
response from other people ?
And -- do you disapprove of such feelings -- and consider those who enjoy
them to be somehow less sophisticated than yourself ?
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You apparently didn't read what I wrote. Or if so, not carefully.
I said that the term "sentimental" is often used to denote "excessive" and
"self-indulgent" feelings (because the dictionary records those uses, i.e.,
gives those as
definitions).
I also said that sentimental reactions to artworks, based on the feelings for
the represented subject, indicate the viewer's response to the referent, not
so much to the work itself.
You use the terms "social placement" and "social status" synonymously, and you
contrast "popular" with "elite." I did not point to any social or class
distinction of the viewers who felt "sentimental" toward a picture, but rather
to their ability to distinguish between the subject matter and the work
itself.
Let's not forget that "popular" is not always good, and "elite" (which is set
in opposition to "popular") is not always bad.
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