aesthetic ideals aren't about being good. Or taste.
-----Original Message-----
From: William Conger <[email protected]>
To: aesthetics-l <[email protected]>
Sent: Mon, Aug 27, 2012 10:03 am
Subject: Re: Aesthetic Ideal
The best art always is excessive. A good artist will always go past,
way past,
the supposed limit of good taste. Look at the best art of any era and
compare
it to other work of that same era. In its context, it is excessive. If
the
context is generally bombastic, say, then the 'excessive' best will be
spare.
And so on.
If Berg would simply reverse all of his assumptions, he'd be in tune
with a
contemporary mindset.
wc
----- Original Message ----
From: Michael Brady <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Mon, August 27, 2012 3:26:59 AM
Subject: Re: Aesthetic Ideal
On Aug 27, 2012, at 3:33 AM, joseph berg <[email protected]> wrote:
Do you have one?
Over time, did it change?
If so, in what way?
Shouldn't an aesthetic ideal address the necessity of curbing the
desire
for excess and novelty to avoid decadence, decline and demise?
No.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Michael Brady
