Only now, AFTER I wrote my posting saying each genre would call for different "aethetic ideals" did I read William's corroborating remark.
In calling for the specifying of criteria out the outset, I'm not against the dance teacher's technique, and except that I think she should have said "stipulate" the specific criteria. A stipulation creates nothing absolute, but it's serviceable in making clear the arbitrary rules. The dance-teacher should have stressed that these are arbitrary. In a message dated 8/30/12 9:14:28 AM, [email protected] writes: > 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.
