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A better quarterback wins games. What does a better painting do—win art contests? Judged by what objective criteria? Art doesn't have rules the way football doe
by bccdee 2y ago
A better quarterback wins games. What does a better painting do—win art contests? Judged by what objective criteria? Art doesn't have rules the way football does. A painting can't "win at being art"; each individual audience member either likes it or they don't.
- ericmay 2y ago> A better quarterback wins games. Well, no, a better quarterback is just a member of a team. They don't dictate whether the team wins or not, they just contribute to it if they are good. Though we can't say whether a given quarterback is good or not because we don't have objective criteria to determine that. It's all relative and arbitrary - as I'm sure you'd agree with. > What does a better painting do—win art contests? Maybe? Why not? > Judged by what objective criteria? Art doesn't have rules the way football does. Football rules are arbitrary criteria, not objective. > A painting can't "win at being art"; Why not? The Mona Lisa has the most viewers so maybe that means it is the best art?
- bobbylox 2y agoThere are many artists whose work was 'objectively' (that is, by consensus) bad until later when it became objectively good.