not impressed.There is an objective and universal standard for "good art" and thus far, only one work adheres to it. It's a painting named "Onement VI" and all terrestrial life finds it wonderfully pleasing. This painting sold for $43.8 million in 2013 at a Sothesby auction.
The fact that electrical signals pass though synapses during music, sex, prayer, visual and audio stimulation is an observation - it's not an explanation for why and how matter like quarks and electrons produce am aesthetic sensibility in humans. It doesn't explain the visceral psychological experience of the sound of a major chord versus the sounds of a minor chord, or the visual sensation and psychological experience of the mediums of complementary or contrasting colorsIt's the "pleasure" part. That's the key. It's why there is no universal standard for "good art".
The aesthetic pleasure bit is questionable. If it attracts a mate then at least one member of that animal is attracted to the thing constructed. It's hard to see how that isn't the same thing. But I generally agree about the "symbolic" and "ritualistic" stuff. That's 100% human.
I just did a quick google search and it sounds like some people are doing exactly that.
"Conducted by University of Toronto researchers, the eight-year long, seven country-spanning meta-study details a vast spectrum of newfound information gleaned from past researach that may prove the age-old adage of art for art’s sake. Some aspects of the original tests included having participants view paintings and make aesthetic analyses, while others asked participants to view the artworks freely, and in any manner they desired. All the while, repeated brain scans proved that art directly tickles our synapses. Regardless if it’s mesmerizing or polarizing art, we react to it. This is good. This might be what makes us human.
"One of the finds includes the ways in which our brain’s “anterior temporal lobe, which is involved in…higher-order conceptual integration of information in relation to objects (e.g. how does a knife function),” is stimulated through the viewing of art. This essentially means that our own logic regarding how particular objects works enters into dialogue with the logic of the object in question. This directly correlates to art’s influence over thinking."
Explain at the fundamental level of matter - quarks and electrons - why the sound of a major chord, a minor chord, a dissonant chord create noticeably different psychological experiences in the human mind, and why artists understand that certain color combinations create a harmonious psychological experience in human observers
I posted my thoughts, Fredo. You don't have to like them.
Being a totalitarian toady is not rationality, it;s just cowardice.I posted my thoughts, Fredo. You don't have to like them.
...but still smarter than you. More rational too.
Yes, you are No human whose eyes befall that constant of nature can be anything less than completely enthralled. Muslims sometimes mistakenly pray in it's direction.
hmm.
I like skies, but the best painting are not known to be just blue squares.
Most of what is read in Laozi, the Dhammapada, the Analects of Confucius are applicable to the human experience today. I learned as much from Daodejing and the Analects as I learned from my college physics textbooks
maybe this was the point all along.
You identify yourself very well Mr. Racist and Antisemite. You elected a totalitarian and carry his baggage for him, son.
That doesn't make "air is good" worthy of discussion. Most of what the ancients considered to be wisdom is just expected common sense today, and does not merit anyone's time.
Next time, actually read the physics textbooks and do the sample problems.
Has Alfred White Northhead contributed to society in any meaningful way?
you have no proof and lie all the time.
No proof you're a racist and antisemite, Fredo? Care to bet on that, son?
you have nothing.
so gay.
