On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 9:35 AM, joseph berg <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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? > Previous to the Renaissance, wasn't the length of "aesthetic stasis" periods longer than 25 years?
