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It can be, and generally is, both (if by "arthouse wankery" you mean design theory).
by RobertKerans 5y ago
It can be, and generally is, both (if by "arthouse wankery" you mean design theory).
- whatshisface 5y agoI wouldn't tar all of design theory with the brush of being Kabbalistic medieval-metaphysics-like random intuitive associations. Only some of it is like that.
- guerrilla 5y agoHey now, medieval metaphysics got us Occam's razor...
- medstrom 5y agoAnd nuclear physics got us the nuclear disarmament program.
- RobertKerans 5y agoNot quite sure what you're trying to say: that applies in similar ways to basically every academic speciality. And what the parent quoted: it's just an observation based on theory, similar historical trends, and his own practice. It might be _wrong_, but it's not metaphysics or random association. It's not even really an academic point at all, it's a technical point: specific art styles are commonly used to communicate certain messages to the viewer. The utilitatarian reasons for "why this style" are all correct, but they provide only half an explanation