DSK wrote:

Depends on who's speaking.

By 'generally speaking', I wasn't referring to art critics, or people who
profess some expertise in the subject.


While I agree that the reaction to a gien
piece of art is the important thing about it, there is a lot to know
about any field of art such as painting for example.

The fact that there's 'a lot to know' is irrelevant - it either moves you or
it doesn't.


It is quite possible, given some education on the technical aspects,
to look at a painting and say, "That's a good painting but I just
don't like it." Same for music.

That's not appreciation of art, that's appreciation of skill. A musician
doing a good job of playing a crap tune doesn't turn it into a good tune.


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