Actually, with your clarification, i'm comparing the lifetime a,e,
skills of one
individual with the normal related knowledge of one of the arts, to
the a,e,
lifetime skills of another individual with the normal related
knowledge in all
the arts. The question i'm proposing, or trying to reason is,which
group of
individuals might, potentially produce the best & unique a,e, quality
work?
mando
Mar 9, 2010, at 4:14 PM, [email protected] wrote:
It's not easy to wrap one's mind around your question, Mando.
You may be asking whether or not someone with "one talent" -- e.g. a
painter, poet, dancer -- is more likely to produce a higher quality
work than
a
Jacque of All Arts is. There have been a few celebrated multi-talented
creators -- e.g. John Van Brugh, (Jan. 24, 1664, London, Eng.
died March 26,
1726, London) the British architect who brought the Baroque style
to its
culmination in Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, was also one of the
leading
dramatists
of the Restoration comedy of manners. But chances are very few
listers can
name a single play of his.
Jean Cocteau (5 July 1889 b 11 October 1963) had an extraordinary
range --
poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager, playwright,
screenwriter, film director. It may not be unfair to feel his
reputation is
fading
because he spread himself so thin he was bound to be shallow.
His British counterpart, Sir NoC+l Coward (16 December 1899 b 26
March 1973)
was an English playwright, composer, director, actor, poet and
singer who
seems to be more durable in the public consciousness, but that may
be because
he was exactly ten years closer to us, and because Paris is a language
removed from London.
Coward said of himself, "The most I've had is just a talent to
amuse." That
gift explains his long popularity, and, perhaps its also growing
thinner
with time.
Or, Mando, you may think of sculpting as one skill, and painting as
one
skill, etc. But I'd claim such activities are always a multiplex of
skills.
Deftness with a brush or pencil or chisel is a gift quite separate
from that
of, say, conceiving the best composition for the picture, -- just
as a gift
for a mighty or poetic line has no great correlation with a talent for
story-imagination and structure.
I know -- that's a rambling answer, but I couldn't get a good grip
on your
question, Mando.
In a message dated 3/9/10 3:08:20 PM, [email protected] writes:
I don't know if this is relevant to what you are asking , but don'tB
think,
that an expert in one's general skill and aesthetic tastes makes aB
better
product than an expert in many general skills and aesthetic tastes.?
Specially if the product is very demanding and variable with the
times.
mando
