On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 11:44 PM, joseph berg <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 11:07 PM, joseph berg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Couldn't aesthetic stasis = an aesthetic that has stood the test of >> time, i.e., a classic? > > > Could aesthetic stasis have something to do with high culture?: > > - High culture is seen as something set apart from everyday life, > something special to be treated with respect and reverence, involving > things of lasting value and part of a heritage which is worth preserving. > > http://www.barbadosadvocate.com/newsitem.asp?more=editorial&NewsID=26462 > Concerning aesthetic stasis and high culture: - The office of the leisure class in social evolution is to retard the movement and to conserve what is obsolescent. Veblen Could that explain the 'stasis' high point of the Renaissance?
