In a message dated 12/5/10 10:00:30 PM, [email protected] writes:
> How do you measure something like "innovation" and why is that a problem? > There were more new forms of pictures in the 17thc than there were in the 16cth or the 18thc- you count them to find out.(And in case you wonder I've been reading Stechow again who only thinks about composition.) The question was oringinally why was there less innvation in the 18thc than in the 17thc. New picture ideas don't fly without a market ,there was less money in the 18thc. The original question was the connection between money and art & artsy6 found some old saws about how art was above money & we shouldn't consider both in the same breath. As for innovation being a problem probably people get bored and lack of innovation may point to other problems. KAte Sullivan
