It seems to me that any good artwork displays "clear artistic criteria based on standards of excellence". The problem is know which criteria are presented. Also, one should not presume that the criteria are known to the beholder beforehand.
Again, I have nothing but intellectual contempt for the sort of writing about art that relies on unexamined presumptions and then proceeds without logic. The rules and traditions governing some performing arts do not apply to visual art. It's always wrong to group the 'arts' together by assuming that they share aesthetic principles or expressive ends. wc ----- Original Message ---- From: joseph berg <[email protected]> To: aesthetics-l <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, August 30, 2012 4:58:37 AM Subject: "Specify clear artistic criteria based on standards of excellence." https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&hl=en&q=%22Specify+clear+artistic+criteria+based+on+standards+of+excellence.%22
