The Artist wrote:


"Bruce J. Richman" emitted :

From my perspective, the examples you are giving have to do with the
*performance* of art, not the art itself. Of course, one could probably set
up
objective standards for the level of expertise exhibited in *performing a
piece
of music" (or presumably, but less concretely or definitively of reproducing
a
landscape or model by an artist). For example, when various competitions
are
held for piano soloists by various classical music organizations, one can
assume the judges apply a set of standards to it.

In that circumstnace expression plays a lesser role - it's as much a
discipline as it is an art form.


Agreed. Of course, *some* musicians are simply more skilled in reproducing the
notes written by a composer than others. That's the sort of thing I had in
mind.


I'm not sure whether the
same type of procedure occurs with paintins. At any rate, I would basically
consider the creation of a work of music or a painting or other art form to
be
subjective, since it involves the creative process. However, the
performance
might well be judged via various objective criteria.



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Bruce J. Richman