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Originally Posted by coberst
Art is meant to reveal the “essential, the meaningful, the eternal parts” of nature.[/b] In doing so wo/man judged that “only the perfect is entitled to exist in art”. Since in nature only the strongest prevailed so then in art only the perfect and the strong must prevail.
Quotes from Historical Grammar of the Visual Arts by Alois Riegl
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Yup, no critical thought at all. Just let them lead you by the nose coberst.