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How to Tell Good Art From Bad

::cynlee
10/07/12 4:28 PM GMT
ARTICLE How to Tell Good Art From Bad.

A few good points. Not sure I totally agree. What do you think?
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::LynEve
10/08/12 10:01 PM GMT
"Did the piece effectively communicate an emotion to you? When you experience the piece, no matter the medium, you should feel something. If you don't, the piece may not be 'true' art."

Makes sense to a point but what communicates something to one person may not have the same effect on another.
I think his statement 'People need to understand how to identify true art is a bit pretentious.
Art comes in many forms - I have to say some (not all)of the examples here

http://www.odditycentral.com/tag/weird-art

leave me cold but I guess they have conveyed emotion, even if unpleasant. I have had more enjoyment from expressive crayon drawings done by my grandchildren, even if they had to explain what they were.

http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMEWDM_Harbour_Mouth_Molars

is an example of what is undoubtedly 'art' but to me ruins a perfectly good view of the harbour and is a waste of good concrete- but then I am old and perhaps lacking in insight.

The Greek philosopher Aristophanes in the 4th century B.C.said
"Let each man exercise the art he knows."

I think 'Let each enjoy the art they like'
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My thanks to all who leave comments for my work and to those of you who like one enough to make it a favourite. To touch just one person that way makes each image worthwhile. . . . . . . . . .. . . . "The question is not what you look at, but what you see" ~ Marcel Proust
::cynlee
10/09/12 4:44 AM GMT
I sure do agree with what you said about those above examples, Lyn. Though some of the examples took lots of effort to create, I was not moved by them in any way other than to shake my head and wonder why.

A great metaphysician of our time, Frithjof Schuon said this in an interview:

Q: May I ask you what the role of art is in the spiritual existence of man?

F.S.: We could say that after morals, art -- in the broadest sense of the word -- is a natural and necessary dimension of the human condition. Plato said: "Beauty is the splendor of the true." So let us say that art -- including crafts -- is a projection of truth and beauty in the world of forms; it is ipso facto a projection of archetypes. And it is essentially an exteriorization in view of an interiorization; art does not mean dispersion, it means concentration, a way back to God. Every traditional civilization has created a framework of beauty: a natural, ecologically necessary surrounding for spiritual life.

And on judging the worth of an art:

Q. : What are the criteria for knowing the worth of a work of art, its level of inspiration?

F.S.: The archetypes of sacred art are celestial inspirations; all other artworks draw their inspiration from the spiritual personality of the artist. The criteria for knowing the worth of a work of art are: the content of the work, its mode of expression and its technique, its style.

[From my perspective, he has made several excellent points].

And in regard to modern vs. traditional art...

Q. : Modern art is not traditional. Does this mean that a modern artwork is necessarily bad?

F.S.: No, because a modern artwork -- modern in the broadest sense -- may manifest different qualities, in regard to the content as well as in regard to the treatment and also to the artist. Some traditional productions are bad, and some nontraditional productions are good.

Q. : What does art mean for the artist himself?

F.S.: By creating a noble work of art, the artist works on his own soul; in a way, he creates his own archetype. Therefore the practice of every art is a way of self-realization, in principle or also in fact. With unimportant or even negative subjects, the artist may remain intentionally unaffected, but with noble and profound subjects, he works with his very heart.

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