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>“This is a masterpiece, or close to it” Come on guys, the artist himself has proclaimed it a masterpiece, we can end our silly squabbling and all go home now.
by elhudy 4y ago
>“This is a masterpiece, or close to it”
Come on guys, the artist himself has proclaimed it a masterpiece, we can end our silly squabbling and all go home now. This is decided.
- morelisp 4y agoHe's obviously using the historical definition of "masterpiece" here inviting judgement of it - not the pop culture one, which means almost the opposite in placing it beyond casual judgement.
- elhudy 4y agoOh so it's a a piece of work presented to a medieval guild as evidence of qualification for the rank of master? Unless you're saying he's using a definition of the word that literally doesn't exist in the dictionary?