(November 6, 2022 at 11:47 pm)arewethereyet Wrote:(November 6, 2022 at 11:35 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Subjective does not mean arbitrary. Anyway, the visual arts have been in decay IMHO since Marcel DuChamp. Too self-referencial.
That is your preference and therefore arbitrary.
ADJECTIVE
- based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system
Touche. The point I was trying to make is this. Despite being subjective, it is still possible to make accurate judgements. Figure skating scores are subjective but they are not arbitrary.
Anyways, it really isn't art that is in decay. There are probably more techically masterful oil painters alive today than at the hieght of the Rennaisance. The problem is the hype-machine of the art world playing to an philistine investor marketplace.
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