Artsy6 quotes a reviewer: "...There being precious xlittle connection between a David painting, a poem by Pope, a Wren church and a Mozart xopera although all might be referred to as b classicalb ."
The reviewer seems to me to be making a sweeping statement without considering the subject from an aesthetician's point of view. . The works themselves that he cites may indeed appear quite unlike each other, and yet the undeniable fact is that each is credited with occasioning an experience in contemplators that is pleasant "aesthetically". How come? That is, how come each is pleasing, and how come the experiences are all termed by many people to be of the same "kind": aesthetic?
