"The work of [visual] art resembles the object of perception: its nature is to be seen." Yes, and that requires an eye capable of not only seeing but appreciating or assessing what is seen, which requires a certain aptitude for doing so, which everyone does not have, certainly not to the same degree. That is why so much blindness pervades the art world, because too many "art people" are unfit for art.
Isn't blindness human nature? "...art people..." Respectfully, why would one bother with "art people", or "the art world" for that matter? Too much work to do for that.
I'm not an artist and certainly don't bother with such people, but I expect working artists with certain aspirations or ambitions have to deal with them or are affected by them.
Is art about, or does it consist of, depiction based on perception, or composition based on acquired taste? Great art and I say both. But what initially comes to mind when recalling a great work of art? Composition.
When he talks about the need to "create on the canvas a spectacle which is sufficient unto itself," I believe he's talking about composition, although it would have been a fine thing if he had said so explicitly. MMP has thoughts about abstract art in The Primacy of Perception, but that didn't come out until 1964, sixteen years after these lectures.
"The work of [visual] art resembles the object of perception: its nature is to be seen." Yes, and that requires an eye capable of not only seeing but appreciating or assessing what is seen, which requires a certain aptitude for doing so, which everyone does not have, certainly not to the same degree. That is why so much blindness pervades the art world, because too many "art people" are unfit for art.
Isn't blindness human nature? "...art people..." Respectfully, why would one bother with "art people", or "the art world" for that matter? Too much work to do for that.
I'm not an artist and certainly don't bother with such people, but I expect working artists with certain aspirations or ambitions have to deal with them or are affected by them.
Yes, I understand, more reasons to encourage working artists to be resourceful and look into the other-than-conventional ways to skin the cat.
Is art about, or does it consist of, depiction based on perception, or composition based on acquired taste? Great art and I say both. But what initially comes to mind when recalling a great work of art? Composition.
When he talks about the need to "create on the canvas a spectacle which is sufficient unto itself," I believe he's talking about composition, although it would have been a fine thing if he had said so explicitly. MMP has thoughts about abstract art in The Primacy of Perception, but that didn't come out until 1964, sixteen years after these lectures.