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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Wally
www.artbywally.com
www.wally.myby.co.uk

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

Oh. I thought you meant 'people who "know" a lot about art but can't
paint a lick themselves'


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

Agreed.


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.

True, but a great musician can play a tune you've never liked before,
and show you that it has an appeal you didn't notice before.

DSK

DSK wrote:

Oh. I thought you meant 'people who "know" a lot about art but can't
paint a lick themselves'

No, I meant anyone - people from 'the general populace'. While some art can
be 'correctly interpreted' (because it employs an established symbolic
language), most attempts to do so are more an indication of what's in the
interpreter's mind than about the art itself. The only person who really
knows about a given piece of art is the person that created it, the rest are
just guessing.


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.

True, but a great musician can play a tune you've never liked before,
and show you that it has an appeal you didn't notice before.

I find that, if a tune has merit (ie, is to my taste), then that will be
apparent regardless of how well it's played.


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Wally
www.artbywally.com
www.wally.myby.co.uk

"Wally" wrote in message
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Donal wrote:

This picture made me stop dead in my tracks.

... and yet the picture really affects me.
...
I wish that I could appreciate art, but I cannot.

It seems to me that you can.


Not really...... I wish that I could.

I rarely see a painting, or any work of art, that has much effect on me.

I can only understand the impact of art because I have witnessed my wife's
reaction Van Gogh's paintings. Her reaction suggested that art had the same
effect on her that music has on me.


Regards


Donal

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"Wally" wrote in message
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I find that, if a tune has merit (ie, is to my taste), then that will be
apparent regardless of how well it's played.

You probably appreciate music in the same way that I appreciate art.

I think that Joe's link affected me because I am very familiar with the
subject.


Regards

Donal
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