67 QUALITY
ASSESSING THE RELATIVE VALUE OF ARTISTS AND ARTWORKS
When we look at a work of art, we not only experience it, we also often pass judgment on it. We deem it to be good or bad, better or worse. We compare it favorably or unfavorably to other works of art by the same artist and to those of other artists. In other words, we make a judgment as to the quality of the work of art we are looking at. The basis on which such a judgment is made can be hard to define or pin down. It will also be somewhat different for each work of art we look at.
The judgment of quality is, therefore, something of a moving target. It can shift depending on the understanding and selective framework of the viewer, and it can shift with the fashions and collective ...
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