Chris, For me, seeing Dian and Actaeon by Titan ,for the first time, I also come away with the feeling that it's a 'clonker' regarless of who painted it. Compositionally , it is complicated an contrived, though done by a master. Every artist no matter how great has it's clonkers. to me, this is one. Picasso also had clonkers, but how can you beat these guys for uniqueness ? I happen to love this clonker. On Apr 2, 2009, at 7:57 AM, Chris Miller wrote:
> Before launching an attack on Titian's late work -- I thought I'd > take another > look on the internet -- and realized that it was only a few pieces > that I > can't stand -- especially those two that were recently in the news: > "Diana and > Actaeon" along with "Diana and Callisto" -- as shown here: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7584902.stm > > Do I really need to explain how jumbled these are? They should be > cut up to > protect the good areas from the bad. > > (and I also can't stand the two statues in the background of his last, > probably unfinished, painting, "Pieta") > > Regarding the rest of William's assertions -- I do not agree that > "one who is > deeply informed about that artist and the literature examining him/ > her" is > necessarily a better judge of aesthetic quality than anyone else -- > although, > I would also not say that "most ordinary judgment is equal to the most > informed" > > We just have a different idea as to what qualifies as "most informed". > > I've been getting into the culture of Hindustani music a bit, > lately, and in > one memoir, the author wrote of an old man coming up to her and > her teacher > (a famous singer) and recalling a concert he had heard 30 years > earlier, and > then making a thoughtful, and very useful comment. He clearly was > knowledgeable about the art, but he was nothing like a professional > scholar. > > Could a non-professional scholar make a good judgment about some > new findings > in microbiology or astrophysics? I don't know - perhaps - but it > seems less > likely, because a good judgment in those fields requires > familiarity with a > large body of evidence and theory -- while the only evidence > required to judge > a painting is presented by > the painting itself, and theory should be irrelevant except as a > way to > explain a judgment that's already been made. > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Internet Security Software - Click here. > http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/ > BLSrjnxQZBmQ3C2rA5fXZw7G6HMxTc > U7LLTEvafX9rHUC7N6ftnxRjm8pe4/
