Judgements themselves are informed and influenced by the individuals experiences throughout life, and are influenced by many environmental factors as well as the temprement of the individual. This argument can be seen as an exploration into why no two artists are the same; yes there styles may be similar but the elements that inform the work and the response they are intending to give within their judgement will always contrast. This an aspect most crucial in the arts where an artist is to respond to the social environment they are part of thus relying upon their ability to generate a spontaeous and personal response.
Another dimension to this notion is contained within Bourdieu's critique of Judgement of Taste:
"It requires understanding, whose judgment can err. Feeling, on the other hand, is infallible; but we do not call a man ill unless he feels ill."
(Bourdieu,P & Nice,R, Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste, 198, Harvard University Press
Arguing the issue of trust within the judgment. The decisions that lead the judgment may all be well and good but can the individual making the decision be trusted, but there is also an argument that if the individual feels it is, then the benefit of the doubt should be granted.
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All artists have different judgments due to personal preference from what reality beholds them to create and understand . Different scores which all lead people to make judgments ,all being subjective . But does this mean anything at all? As the judgment has been made from a set of circumstances that all started with one persons opinion . Does understanding aesthetic and judgments make you a better artist and is it important to the artist to understand aesthetic . Is it only important to the viewer in which wants to make judgments. ?
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When we label one piece of art a masterpiece and another an unsuccessful daub, we are not merely voicing our own opinion towards them, we are saying something about the works themselves, and what we are saying will be right or wrong. Aesthetic convictions are not corroborated by counting heads. When we make aesthetic judgments, mentioning what is good or bad in art, is irrelevant as right or wrong here and now does not mean they are right and wrong in accordance with the reality of things.
ReplyDeleteThe basic assumption of our culture that we call ‘fine art’ cannot be reduced to reason and rule, craftsmanship and skill, but is the product of ‘genius’. The idea of ‘creativity’ has become essential and bound up with the concepts of genius and art.