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With games we satisfy ourselves, not others (?)

Mistrust in Art

Historically, when art was analyzed as an aesthetic product, the definition of beauty guided the critics. Beauty and technical prowess where in gran part the beacons for art critics.

Danto suggests that art criticism -and artists themselves- identify art** search article

Contemporary art, however, brings controversy. The general public finds itself immerse in doubt as for why a piece is considered art and deserves so much attention and economic reward. A general mistrust towards artists and critics seem to hover over the art world

How to develop sensibility for the new and unknown?

If art is a contextual concept, what about the art that is coming, not from the recognized centers  but “underworld” and other contexts?

Cynthia Freeland (But is it art?) mentions Dewey (art as experience) “The language of art has to be acquired” (64)

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Cynthia Freeland (author of But Is It Art?) mentions that an art analysis (18) examines three aspects

  1. Formal and Material properties
  2. Its content – The thought or meaning it expresses
  3. The context – Its place in the art tradition

I think that this approach works to analyze any form of art including literature.

Context may include history, politics, biographical experiences, socio-cultural environment. I\’d also add the title of the piece which could work within content and context for analyzing any work of art.

Even avant-garde art is modulated by a historical and cultural processes. Knowledge is incremental, for individual as for societies.

On Art Criticism

Cynthia Freeland (author of But Is It Art?) mentions that an art analysis (18) examines three aspects

  1. Formal and Material properties
  2. Its content – The thought or meaning it expresses
  3. The context – Its place in the art tradition

I think that this approach works to analyze any form of art including literature.

Context may include history, politics, biographical experiences, socio-cultural environment. I\’d also add the title of the piece which could work within content and context for analyzing any work of art.

Even avant-garde art is modulated by a historical and cultural processes. Knowledge is incremental, for individual as for societies.