So I feel too. Bela C ----- Original Message ----- From: "armando baeza" To: [email protected] Cc: "armando baeza" Subject: Re: The good sort of sentimentality Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:33:31 -0800
Sentimentality is a word with as much fuzziness as Aesthetrics. All art has it, is someone's individual mind. So i feel. mando On Jan 19, 2009, at 8:34 AM, Chris Miller wrote: > Would anyone care to offer some positive examples of > sentimentality in any of > the arts ? > > Would anyone besides William characterize this "good sort" as "rooted in > values and human perseverance in reality" > > The first imaginative works that come to my mind are lamentations over the > dead Christ -- a theme I really like! -- with so many fine examples in both > painting (Giotto) and sculpture.(Donatello) But also -- many > bad examples as > well (Bouguereau). Happily -- the above distinction between those three > artists is shared by mainstream art history (or -- at least used > to be) -- but > how might one explain it? All three of them can easily be considered > consummate craftsmen -- and wouldn't they all demonstrate what William might > call an intense concern for visuality ? And -- of course -- the > mythical story > is identical for all three. > > And wouldn't you say that all three versions are "steeped in > sentimentality" ? > (which is why -- that is not how I would identify the problems I've had with > Andrew Wyeth) > > And yet -- the bad ones fill me with despair, and the good ones with joy and > hope. > > How can this be explained ? > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Free information on accounting careers, $150 hour potential. Click Now! > http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/ > PnY6rc0ofncBXDuVXAhD4MagkYTRVn > UCvaAZx8Bf5DxLAUYlQX7Lm/ -- Be Yourself @ mail.com! Choose From 200+ Email Addresses Get a Free Account at www.mail.com
