Chris: ; - ) You spelled similarity incorrectly.
More seriously, I read about "Las Meninas" within the past five years. No
similar experience of recent vintage comes to mind. Other experiences that
do, date to my youth, one a tv documentary on, I presume, an American
network, on Michelangelo and his painting of the ceiling of the Sistine
chapel. I was impressed both with the program and that all my aunts and
uncles arranged chairs in front of the tv and shut up while the program was
on. (You can guess that it was early days for tv.)
In university I was impressed by the four-levels-of-meaning in T.S. Eliot's
poetry. (It didn't spur me to read more poetry than I had to - but I was
impressed with what I read, and have since been alert to levels of meaning
in literature).
So?
Geoff C
From: "Chris Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Right reasons and appreciating art
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 17:18:42 GMT
No great surprise -- that an experienced artist like Mando would not
acknowledge any reasons for liking an artwork as being righter than his
own.
I feel the same way -- at least concerning those arts with which I am most
familiar -- although such confidence diminishes as familiarity does.
For example -- in the company of those who know and love Indian Classical
music -- I would be very open to hearing about whatever fine qualities they
may have noticed, and certainly would not dispute with them. Even more so
with Chinese opera --which still sounds to me like cats being tortured.
And yet ... if I still can't notice what they have noticed - I have no
problem with continuing to like (or dislike) that music in my own way.
And come to think of it -- I just can't remember any specific features --
regarding any of the arts -- which I only enjoyed after they were pointed
out
to me. (I think Cheerskep has said the same thing)
So now I'm wondering, Geoff -- you have told us about how reading/hearing
about "Las Meninas" increased your liking and appreciation of it -- have
you
had a simmilar experience with any literature or music ? And ... are these
learning experiences confined to your youth -- or are you still having them
?
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GEOFF CREALOCK
Sat, 08 Nov 2008 09:11:28 -0800
Mando: No list of right reasons that I know of. On the other hand,
reading/hearing about "Las Meninas" by Velasquez, added to both my liking
and
appreciation of the painting. Through understanding more of what I was
seeing,
and recognizing the thinking that must have gone into the presentation of
the
artist's perception led me to enjoy/vaule the painting more than i would
have
without the added knowledge. That may not apply in every case, it's true.
Geoff C
From: armando baeza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: [email protected]
CC: armando baeza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Appreciating art
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 08:37:44 -0800
Is a list of the the "right" reasons really important?
Is there such a list"
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