measurable and definable does not require that we all see things the same way. what measures and definitions do is to ask us to agree on some objective systems or priciples for the very reason that we do tend to see things differently. wc
--- On Tue, 2/10/09, Chris Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Chris Miller <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Definable and measurable truths > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 10:33 AM > I'm still not seeing any "definable and measurable > truths" here that aren't > trivial - since there are so many kinds of pictorial space > and perspectives > that might be applied in them. Can't we even say that > each painting is sui > generis ? -- even among those Renaissance paintings where > new rules of linear > perspective were introduced -- those rules seem to be > broken at will -- for > reasons that might be called 'aesthetic'. (I > remember examining the > perspective in Titian's "Venus of Urbino" > with some doctrinaire neo-academics > a few years ago) > > Perhaps one could say that the aesthetics of pictorial > space are universal -- > since a modern aesthete might have the same preferences as > an ancient king in > a very distant land (and who doesn't admire the > choices made by Akbar the > Great ?) > > But the reasons for those preferences seem to lie outside > any "definable and > measurable truth" > > (BTW --- the images that David just shared are too ugly for > me to contemplate, > regardless of whatever truths of perspective they may be > exemplifying.) > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > All is not lost! Click now for professional data recovery. > http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/PnY6rc2QdR1olCgXw1vpiRmsmz7xRS > 7YBeB98XhlcygOo2z0MO0EM/
