tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652275538457823708.post1901048443042657723..comments2023-07-03T04:25:54.358-07:00Comments on Art Babel: On the Nature of ArtNew York Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05807506312905707802noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652275538457823708.post-48553860165683936832010-04-30T20:50:45.826-07:002010-04-30T20:50:45.826-07:00This is where I was going with Kant a bit. His de...This is where I was going with Kant a bit. His definition of sublime...that awesome feeling, fearful but not, etc. I need to re-read "Observations of". Wonder if there is a summary somewhere of those Aesthetics..a list..MCGuilmethttp://www.mcguilmet.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652275538457823708.post-85499051470642935472010-04-29T05:33:44.807-07:002010-04-29T05:33:44.807-07:00Yes, there is a powerful component that is not bea...Yes, there is a powerful component that is not beauty, it's not the idea, it seems to be closer to the emotion. But somehow we can't separate beauty from the aesthetic experience. It's intertwined with the iconic depth, the emotive resonance, the technique. <br /><br />Very hard to put your finger on. I wonder if this power can exist without beauty? Perhaps, at least with the standard conception of beauty. But, thinking of say... Odd's painting "Twilight" I can't help but to say that the paint quality, the light, the composition is beautiful. Though the subject matter is not. I think that beauty can almost exist without this power, though the beauty itself touches on a little of that power. But maybe this power partially depends on beauty?<br /><br />Could we say that the thing that makes a work powerful is the proportional, harmonic, and poetic relationship of all the elements?New York Cityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05807506312905707802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6652275538457823708.post-85960665377954308352010-04-10T15:17:25.178-07:002010-04-10T15:17:25.178-07:00I've come to believe that these ideas you'...I've come to believe that these ideas you've just explored are critically important. It is interesting that the first word that comes to mind viewing Andrew Wyeth's work is not necessarily 'Beauty'; beauty as the fashionable flavor of the month being bandied about in some realist circles. Beauty = pretty, and taste = opinion, for many people. Wyeth's work, and what you explored in this post speaks to deeper, perhaps more relevant undercurrentsMCGuilmethttp://www.mcguilmet.comnoreply@blogger.com