Now we're back to my original point ... and that is that it
takes more than an individual or even a small group of
individuals to declare something a "masterpiece" at least in
a real sense versus simply their opinion. A masterpiece in my
opinion is a work that has stood the test of time, it doesn't
require the popular acclaim of its contemporaries, however,
it does require ... accredidation/recognition/popular over
time with various generations of its audience supporting it.
In the past this was determined by a few "literati" who
defined what is and what isn't good ... we've evolved
intellectually since then and the group as a whole has grown
to become the determining factor within a generation's
collective thought and canon of what is and what isn't good.
In my art theory studies art was defined as the right making
of the thing ... the thing being anything from a painting to
a spreadsheet. A masterpiece went beyond simply skilled work
and "art" to a thing that touches the universal truth and
communicates a part of that which is beyond us.
Don't anyone quote me the dictionary ... I don't care what
the abridged meaning is.
-- volente Deo,
Anthony Dauer Alexandria, Virginia
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